The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

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1601 Leopold I, HRE, as Prince of Transylvania (1691-1705). Gold 5 Ducats, 1694 KV. Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) / Klausenburg. Laureate, draped, armored and peruked bust right; LEOPOLD,D.G.R.I.S.A.GER.HVN.BOH.REX. Reverse: Crowned Imperial eagle with oval Siebenburgen Arms; DVCATVS NOV,-TRANSYLVANIAE 16-94 (Resch 10; Herinek 137; Fr.485). Extremely Rare. Among the earliest Transylvanian coins recognizing the Hapsburgs as princes and overlords. In PCGS holder graded Graffiti – AU Details. During the Great Turkish War, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I occupied the Ottoman vassal principality of Transylvania. There he forced Prince Michael Apafi to acknowledge him as overlord in his capacity as King of Hungary. Months after Apafi’s death in April 1690, the Diploma Leopoldinum was drafted by Transylvania’s Chancellor Miklós Bethlen and promulgated by Leopold on the 4th of December 1691. The document affiliated Transylvanian territory with the Hapsburg monarchy, making Leopold a Prince of Transylvania, restored civil administration in the principality and confirmed the traditional liberties of the Three Nations of Transylvania. In 1697, Apafi’s son and heir, Michael II Apafi finally and formally renounced Transylvania in favor of Leopold. The Treaty of Karlowitz between the Holy League the Sublime Porte, confirmed the transfer to the Hapsburgs in 1699. With the failure of Rákóczi’s War for Hungarian Independence and the conclusion of the Treaty of Szatmár in 1711, Hapsburg control over Transylvania was consolidated. The Princes of Transylvania were replaced with Hapsburg Imperial Governors. PCGS Certification Number 995454.98/57208746

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