Live auction - fwo_469527 - HUNGARY - TRANSYLVANIA - MICHAEL I APAFI Ducat d’or 1685
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 18:41:01 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Ducat d’or
Date: 1685
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est très bien centré sur un flan régulier et très faiblement voilé. Il présente peu d’usure et est couvert d’une belle patine. Légères marques sur la tranche, possible résultat d’une ancienne monture
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D: G: P. TR: - MIC: APAFI..
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé à droite de Michel Ier Apafi, portant un chapeau et tenant un sceptre.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Michel Apafi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAR: REG HVNGA: DO. & SICVLO: COM: 1685.
Reverse description : Armes couronnées de la famille Apafi.
Historical background
HUNGARY - TRANSYLVANIA - MICHAEL I APAFI
(1661-1690)
Michel Ier Apafi is elected prince by the States of Transylvania, under the protection of Pasha Ali on September 14, 1661. He is initially opposed to Jean III Kemény whom Austria had made elect; his competitor having died the following year, he is recognized without dispute throughout Transylvania. Allied with the rebellious Hungarians, he waged war on the Emperor Leopold for some time; but after the lifting of the siege of Vienna by the Turks, he abandoned their cause and concluded with the emperor the treaties of Vienna on June 26 and of Blag on October 27, 1686, which imposed on the Transylvanian voivode against the "protection of the Habsburgs", the payment of a tribute and the military occupation of twelve fortresses of the country. He remained Prince of Transylvania until his death in 1690. His son Michael II succeeded him..
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