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[[Image:Sincona90-2097.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 90, lot 2097]]
 
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This specimen was lot 2097 in Sincona sale 90 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 11,000 CHF (about US$14,536 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bathori, 1608-1613. Dukat 1610 NB, Nagybanya. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich.'' (Hungary, [[Transylvania]], Gabriel Bathori, 1608-13, ducat of 1610, Nagybánya mint. Very rare, Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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. Three different ducats are noted for 1610: KM 61 (standing knight, shown here, struck 1609-10), [[Transylvania 1611-CV ducat Fr-336|KM 62]] (half-length bust of the prince, mintmark CV) and [[Transylvania 1611 ducat Fr-336|KM 74]] (head of the prince). This one is the most available of the three but all are expensive.
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This specimen was lot 2097 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 11,000 CHF (about US$14,536 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bathori, 1608-1613. Dukat 1610 NB, Nagybanya. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich.'' (Hungary, [[Transylvania]], Gabriel Bathori, 1608-13, ducat of 1610, Nagybánya mint. Very rare, Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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. Three different ducats are noted for 1610: KM 61 (standing knight, shown here, struck 1609-10), [[Transylvania 1611-CV ducat Fr-336|KM 62]] (half-length bust of the prince, mintmark CV) and [[Transylvania 1611 ducat Fr-336|KM 74]] (head of the prince). This one is the most available of the three but all are expensive.
  
 
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* 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.
 
* 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).
 
* Adolf Resch, ''Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart.'' Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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Sincona sale 90, lot 2097

This specimen was lot 2097 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 11,000 CHF (about US$14,536 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bathori, 1608-1613. Dukat 1610 NB, Nagybanya. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. (Hungary, Transylvania, Gabriel Bathori, 1608-13, ducat of 1610, Nagybánya mint. Very rare, Extremely fine.)"

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. Three different ducats are noted for 1610: KM 61 (standing knight, shown here, struck 1609-10), KM 62 (half-length bust of the prince, mintmark CV) and KM 74 (head of the prince). This one is the most available of the three but all are expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.33 g.

Catalog reference: KM 61, Resch 66 var. Huszar 243. Fr-339.

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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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