Transylvania 1621-KB 10 ducats Fr-357

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Sincona sale 100, lot 1128

This specimen was lot 1128 in Sincona Auction 100 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 65,000 CHF (about US$97,968 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. 10 Dukaten 1621 KB, Kremnitz. (Rosette) GABRIEL - D.G.EL.HVNGARI(AE).DAL.CR - SCL.REX Geharnischtes Hüftbild nach rechts mit geschultertem Zepter. Rv. .TRANS.PRINCEPS.ET.SICVLOR.COM.1621. Gekrönter Schild mit dem quadrierten ungarisch-siebenbürgischen Wappen mit Bethlen'schen Mittelschild auf einer Volutenkartusche, unten zwischen K-B. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Graffito auf Revers. (principality of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-29, ten ducats of 1621, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: armored half-length bust right with a scepter resting on the shoulder; reverse: crowned arms of Hungary and Transylvania with the escutcheon of Bethlen divide the mintmark. Very rare, Good Very Fine, Graffito on reverse.)"

The SCWC shows only a line drawing of this rare type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 34.5 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 34.72 g.

Catalog reference: KM 142, Resch 61 var, Huszar 305, Fr-357.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 100: SINCONA Jubilee Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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