Watch List notes:

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Acatiu Barcsai. 1658-1660. Hexagonal AV 10 Dukát (40mm, 35.05 g, 12h). Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg / Kolozsvár) mint. Dated 1659, possibly a later restrike. Bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter over shoulder / Crowned coat-of-arms. Resch 1A; MBR 2228; KM 323 (5th edition – this coin illustrated); Friedberg 375. Good VF. Extremely rare – none on CoinArchives.


Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2684 (hammer $20,000, but not paid), purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1985.