Live auction - fwo_408390 - GERMANY - DUCHY OF SAXONY - JOHN GEORGE II Thaler 1660 Dresde
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 16:42:50 |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1660
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : silver
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 28,9 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler présente une usure assez importante sur les reliefs et a été nettoyé. Il s’est recouvert d’une fine patine grise aux reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : (GLOBE CRUCIGÈRE) IOHAN. GEORG. II D.G. DUX. SAX. IUL. CLIV. ET. MONT..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Jean Georges II, tête nue, une épée dans la main droite reposant sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .SAC. ROM. IMP. AR - CHIM. ET. ELECT. 16 - 60..
Reverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sommé de huit cimiers.
Historical background
GERMANY - DUCHY OF SAXONY - JOHN GEORGE II
(1656-1680)
Christian II, Jean-Georges and Auguste, the sons of Christian I (1586-1591), belong to the Albertine line of the Saxony family. On the death of their father, a distant cousin of the Ernestine line, Frederick-William of Saxe-Altenburg, was appointed regent from 1591 to 1602 for the three brothers Christian II (1591-1611), Auguste (1591-1615) and Jean -George I (1591-1656). From 1615, Jean-Georges I reigned alone. On his death in 1656, his eldest son, Jean-Georges II, succeeded him (1656-1680).
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