Transylvania 1616 ducat Fr-350
This specimen was lot 1281 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,576 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · UNGARN, SIEBENBÜRGEN, FÜRSTEN Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. Dukat 1616, Klausenburg. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Kalpak (Pelzhaube)//Das Familienwappen Bethlen, umher der gekrönte, sich in den Schwanz beißende Drache, unten Stadtwappen von Klausenburg. GOLD. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Herrlicher Prägeglanz, min. gewellt, üblicher kl. Stempelfehler, min. Randfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 306, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 5413. (principality of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629, ducat of 1616, Klausenburg mint. Obverse: armored and hatted bust right; reverse: arms of Bethlen surrounded by a crowned dragon biting its tail, below the city arms of Klausenburg. Rare in this quality, cabinet example, superb luster, minor die defects and edge defects, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1613-18.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.33 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 102, Fr-350; Resch 15.
- 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]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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