Transylvania 1597-NB thaler Dav-8807

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Sincona sale 66, lot 2089

This specimen was lot 2089 in Sincona sale 66 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 15,000 CHF (about US$19,748 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SIEGENBURGEN, Fürstentum, Sigismund Bathori, 1581-1602. Taler 1597 NB, Nagybànya. Selten. Vorzüglich. Übliche Stempelfehler. (principality of Transylvania, Sigismund Bathori, 1581-1602, thaler of 1597, Nagybànya mint. Rare, Extremely fine, With the usual faulty die.)"

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, this specimen 29.15 g.

Catalog reference: Huszar 143, Resch 221, Dav-8807.

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]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.

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