Transylvania 1684-AI thaler Dav-4820

Goldberg sale 69, lot 5447

This specimen was lot 5447 in Goldberg sale 69 (Los Angeles, May, 2012), where it sold for $20,125. The catalog description ^[1] noted, "Transylvania. Taler, 1684/3 AI. Michael Apafi, 1661-1690. Bust right with fur cap and holding sword. Reverse: Crowned arms. A lovely example, well struck with considerable original mint luster and attractive gray tone. Rare in this grade. NGC graded MS-63." Like most coins of Transylvania, this type (struck 1681-87) is rare and expensive. As Transylvania was never part of the Holy Roman Empire and was only at this point coming under Hapsburg rule, we have not included it in the "silver thalers of Germany."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-4820; KM-492.

Sources:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Paul Rynearson, Goldberg sale 69: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2012.

Link to:

• 1681-AI thaler
• 1682-AF ducat
• 1683 triple thaler
• 1683-AF ducat
• 1683-AI klippe 10 ducats, Michael Apafi
• 1684-AI klippe thaler
• Transylvania 1715 thaler Dav-1101
• Coins and currency dated 1684
• return to coins of Transylvania