Transylvania 1611-CV ducat Fr-336

Heritage sale 3029, lot 30300

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 30300 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Lovely Representative Piece From Transylvania Gabriel Bathori gold Ducat 1611-CV, Klausenburg mint, AU55 NGC. Obv. Bust right dividing C-V. Rev. Bathori coat of arms. A bit softly struck, with no noteworthy imperfections and some original mint luster remaining. Gabriel Bathori, an oppressive ruler, was finally overthrown when his general, Gabriel Bethlen (also known as Bethlen Gabor), joined the forces opposing him. Upon fleeing, he was eventually caught and assassinated. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson." 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 is listed for 1609-12.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 62, Fr-336.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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