Hungary, Transylvania, Sigismund Báthory, florin (ducat) 1584, Sibiu (Nagyszeben, Hermannstadt) mint.
Obv. S.IGI.SD:S, second letter S recut on the die from B.
Gold, 3.54 g, 22.8 mm. Friedberg 295; Luchian, Buzdugan and Oprescu 340 (R12), unrecorded variant.
Grade: about MS, fully lustrous, minimal bending and a few micro-scratches, but basically the coin is in mint-fresh condition.
Sigismund Báthory, King Stephen's nephew, inherited the throne from his father, who ruled Transylvania when Stephen became king of Poland.
