Transylvania 1593 thaler Dav-8804

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40809

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This specimen was lot 40809 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $11,750. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRANSYLVANIA. Taler, 1593. NGC MS-62. Sigismund Bathory (1581-1602). Tusks to left. Cud at one o'clock as typical. Toned. From the Demarete Collection." 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-8804; Resch-131.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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