Watch List notes:

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Zsigmond Báthory. First and second reigns, 1581-1599. AV Dukát (22mm, 1h). Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) mint; mm: crowned crossed daggers. Dated 1594. MONE · TRA · IL · SIGI · DS ·, 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 155; MBR 491; Friedberg 295. In NGC encapsulation 4327591-022, graded MS 61.


From the G. Savonarola Collection. Ex Princeps Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 1164.