Live auction - fwo_965945 - GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I Thaler dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg” 1630 Dresde
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Live starting : Type : Thaler dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg”
Date: 1630
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 29,04 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Monnaie agréable présentant des reliefs nets et recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONFESS. LUTHER: AUG: EXHIBITAE: SECVLVM.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et portant un chapeau de Jean Georges à droite, tenant une épée, accosté de IOH-GEOR ; un écu orné de cuirs sous le buste; 16-30 -25 JUNY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NOMEN - DOMINI - TURRIS - FORTISSIMA .
Reverse description : Buste habillé et portant un chapeau de Jean à droite, tenant une épée, accosté de IOHAN-NES ; deux écus ornés de cuirs sous le buste; 15-30 - 25 JUNY.
Reverse translation : (Le nom du Seigneur est la plus forte tour).
Commentary
Ce thaler dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg” fut frappé uniquement en 1630. Il commémore le centenaire de la Confession d’Augsbourg du 25 juin 1530, journée durant laquelle les disciples de Luther affichèrent leur foi devant l’empereur Charles Quint et la Diète allemande.
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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