Transylvania 1590 thaler Dav-8802

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Künker Auction 425, lot 1806

This specimen was lot 1806 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,983 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · UNGARN, SIEBENBÜRGEN, FÜRSTEN Sigismund Bathory, 1581-1602. Reichstaler 1590. Hübsche Patina, leichte Broschierspuren, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Hungary principality of Transylvania, Sigismund Bathory, 1581-1602, thaler of 1590. Handsome patina, removed from jewelry, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The princes of Transylvania were sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire to the south and the Hapsburg dominions to the west and attempted to maintain independence from both. The Hapsburgs reconquered Hungary from the Turks in the 1680's and ended Transylvanian autonomy. This type was struck 1589-92.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen is 29,08 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8802; Resch 58.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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