Triton XXI, Lot: 1179. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gábor Báthory. 1608-1613. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.44 g, 2h). Nagybánya (Frauenbach / Baia Mare) mint. Dated 1610 CV. * GABRIEL : D : G : PRIN : TRANSIL :, armored half-length bust right, holding mace over left shoulder; C V flanking / · PA · RE · HVN : DO (castle) ET SI : CO : 1610, crowned coat-of-arms within ouroboros (serpent devouring its own tail). Resch 70; MBR 897; KM 62; Friedberg 336. Good VF, underlying luster, slightly wavy flan, a few edge marks.

From the Princeps Collection.