Transylvania 1621-KB 10 ducats Fr-357

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.

Link to:

• 1619-AI 10 ducats, Gabriel Bethlen
• 1620-KB ducat
• 1621-KB thaler
• 1621-NB thaler
• 1621-KB ducat, Gabriel Bethlen
• 1621-NB ducat
• 1622-NB thaler, draped bust
• 1622-NB thaler, armored bust with scepter
• 1622-AI ducat, Alba Iulia (Weissenburg) mint
• 1647-NB 10 ducats
• Coins and currency dated 1621