2679. TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV Dukát (22mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Baia Mare (Frauenbach / Nagybánya) mint. Dated 1622 NB. Armored and draped bust right / Madonna seated facing on crescent, holding infant Christ, who holds scepter; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 159; MBR 1394; KM 139; Friedberg 367. EF, toned, slightly wavy. ($5000) Purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1977.
2680. TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV 2 Dukát (26mm, 6.94 g, 11h). Baia Mare (Frauenbach / Nagybánya) mint. Dated 1628. Armored and draped bust right / Madonna seated facing on crescent in flames, holding infant Christ, who holds scepter; crowned coat-of-arms below. Resch 445; MBR 1832; KM 194; Friedberg 364 (same dies as illustration, obv. only shown); Tibor Racz Collection (Rauch, 2 October 2010), lot 409 (same dies). EF. Very rare. ($7500)
2681. TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Gabriel Bethlen. 1613-1629. AV Medallic 8 Dukát (36mm, 27.63 g, 11h). Struck 1620-1621. Mantled bust right, wearing plumed fur cap / Crowned coat-of-arms. Cf. Resch 67-8 (for 7 and 10 Dukát); MBR –; KM –; Friedberg –; cf. Fraysse (17 November 2015), lot 224 (for 9 Dukát from the same obv. die). VF, removed from mount, bumps and bruises. Very rare. ($15,000) Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) VII (21 February), lot 662.
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