Triton XXI, Lot: 1167. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (23mm, 8h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1594. (cross saltire fleurée) MONE · TRA · I L SIGI · B · D · ·, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 94 flanking / * PATRONA VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 163; MBR 499; Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63.

From the Princeps Collection.