Live auction - fwo_836709 - GERMANY - ELECTORATE OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS III 10 Thalers 1795 Dresde
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 3 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 19:06:15 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : 10 Thalers
Date: 1795
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 920 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure de circulation sur les zones en relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID AVGVST D G DVX SAX ELECTOR.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Frédéric Auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 10 THALER / 1795.
Reverse description : Armoiries couronnées entre 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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