Triton XXI, Lot: 1153. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. János II Zsigmond Szapolyai. 1540-1571. AV Dukát (22mm, 12h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1571. * IO * SECV * D * G * ELEC * REX * VN * 1·5·7·1, crowned coat-of-arms / * PATRONA * * HVNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 89; MBR 270; Friedberg 275. In NGC encapsulation graded UNC Details, surface hairlines.

From the Princeps Collection.