Triton XXI, Lot: 1156. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (23mm, 4h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1582. MON * TRAN IL SIGI * B * D * S, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 8Z flanking / * PATRONA * * HVNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 6; MBR 334; Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63.

From the Princeps Collection.