Triton XXI, Lot: 1159. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (22mm, 10h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1590. MONE · TRA · IL SIGI · B · D · S ·, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 90 flanking / * PATRONA VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 49 var. (legend and stops); MBR 378 var. (same); Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 55.

From the Princeps Collection.