Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1170. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HUNGARY. Leopold I of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor. 1657-1705. AV 5 Ducats (17.36 gm). Dated 1670/67(?). Kremnitz mint. LEOPOLD D G R I S AV GE HV B REX, laureate bust right; date below / ARCHID AV DV BV MAR MOR CO TYR, crowned double-headed eagle; K B at sides. Huszár 1287; Friedberg 121; KM A186. EF, lightly creased flan. Struck from half thaler dies. Unlisted overdate, although the half thalers illustrated in Huszár and KM both clearly show the overdate. [See color enlargement on plate 21] ($7500)