Transylvania-Related Hungarian Issues

Triton XXI, Lot: 1287. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNGARY, Holy Roman Empire. Magyar Királyság (Kingdom of Hungary). Ferdinánd I. 1526-1564. AV Dukát (19mm, 12h). Nagybánya (Frauenbach / Baia Mare) mint; mm: crossed hammers. Dated 1552 NC. FERDINAND * D G * R * VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; coat-of-arms below / S * LADISLAVS * REX * 155Z * , St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; N over C to left, crossed hammers to right. Huszár 899; Friedberg 49. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62.

From the Princeps Collection.