Watch List notes:

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (22mm, 5h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1593. MONET : TRA : IL : SIGI : B : D · S ·, St. Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd and globus cruciger; 15 93 flanking / * PATRONA VNGARIE *, Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ; crowned crossed daggers below. Resch 119 var. (legend stops); MBR 453 var. (same); Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 58.


From the Princeps Collection. Ex Eric P. Newman Collection (Heritage 3029, 14 January 2014), lot 31079.