Triton XXI, Lot: 1160. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (21mm, 1h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1591. MONE · TRA · IL · SIGI · B · D · S, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 91 flanking / * PATRONA VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 70-3 var. (legend stops); MBR 401-4 var. (same); Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 50.

From the Princeps Collection.