fwo_749249 - GERMANY - ELECTORATE OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS III 1/3 Thaler 1798
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Type : 1/3 Thaler
Date: 1798
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,98 g.
Edge : Feuilletée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID. AVGVST. D. G. DVX SAX. ELECTOR.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé et drapé à droite de Frédéric-Auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : XL. EINE FEINE MARCK . 1798 / 1/3.
Reverse description : Armes couronnées sur deux palmes.
Historical background
GERMANY - ELECTORATE OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS III
(17/12/1763-20/12/1806)
Frédéric-Auguste (23/12/1750-5/05/1827) is the son of Frédéric-Christian (1722-1763), short-lived elector of Saxony in 1763 and Marie-Antoinette of Bavaria. He succeeded his father under the regency of François-Xavier, his uncle (1763-1768). He is the last Elector of Saxony and the first King of Saxony (1763-1806-1827). Faithful ally of Napoleon I, he received the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and lost part of his estates at the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. Died childless, his brother Antoine who succeeds him.
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