Live auction - fwo_354311 - GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I Thaler 1617 Dresde
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 415 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:28:22 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1617
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 29,08 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et présente une petite usure et des faiblesses de frappe. La monnaie a été nettoyée dans les champs puis s’est couverte d’une patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : VERBVM DOMINI MANET IN ÆTERNVM / 16-17.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé à droite de Jean Georges, tenant de sa main droite une épée portée à l'épaule ; au-dessous et coupant la légende, un écu à multiples quartiers IOH-GEOR accostant le buste.
Obverse translation : (La parole du Seigneur demeure éternellement).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *SECVLVM LVTHERANVM:*: / 15-17.
Reverse description : Buste habillé à droite de Frédéric III, tenant de sa main droit une épée portée à l'épaule ; au-dessous et coupant la légende, un écu à multiples quartiers ; FRID-III accostant le buste.
Reverse translation : (Le siècle luthérien).
Commentary
Ce thaler commémore le centenaire de la réforme luthérienne amorcée en 1517 par la publication des quatre-vingt-quinze thèses par Martin Luther.
Historical background
GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I
(1615-1656)
Jean-Georges I succeeded his brother Christian II in 1611, but with the title of august. He was initially an ally of Emperor Ferdinand II, then he married the Protestant party in 1631 to return on May 30, 1635, after the Peace of Prague, to the imperial party. This period of the Thirty Years' War was one of the most troubled in Saxony which was ravaged by the Imperials and the Swedes. In 1648, peace signed, Saxony obtained Lusatia. The duchy, considerably weakened, however lost its predominance over the Germanic Protestant powers to the benefit of Brandenburg. The will of John George I detached from Saxony the duchies of Saxe-Weissenfels, Saxe-Merseburg and Saxe-Zeitz. These duchies were not again united with Saxony until 1718 and 1746.
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