Transylvania 1671-AC thaler Dav-4793
This specimen was lot 3506 in Sincona sale 11 (Zürich, May 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"UNGARN Siebenbürgen Michael Apafi, 1661-1690. Taler 1671, Klausenburg. Mzz. A-C (Arx Clausiopolis). Schrötlingsriss. Fast sehr schön-sehr schön. (Hungary, Transylvania, Michael Apafi, 1661-90, thaler of 1671, Klausenburg mint. Weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Like most coins of Transylvania, this type (struck 1667-71) is scarce and expensive. As Transylvania was never part of the Holy Roman Empire and was not at this point controlled by the Hapsburgs, we have not included it in the "silver thalers of Germany." Michael Apafi was a Ottoman puppet in the three-way war between the Austrians, the Turks and the native elite.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.43 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-4793; Huszar 774. Resch 91, KM 390.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals & Banknotes, Auction 11, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013.
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