Triton XX, Lot: 1384. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. János II Zsigmond Szapolyai. As King, 1559-1570. AR Necessity Taler – Feldthaler (37mm, 28.98 g). First Székely Uprising issue. Dated 1562. Coat-of-arms depicting half-length wolf rampant left, crescent and sun, and 15 6Z flanking; above, · I · E · R · V · within tablet / Blank. Resch 22; MBR 192; Davenport 8795; Maillet 4 (Hungary). EF, coat-of-arms rotated and double struck. Rare.

From the Princeps Collection. Ex Sincona 18 (22 May 2014), 3974.