fwo_783257 - GERMANY - ELECTORATE OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS III Thaler 1778 Dresde
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Thaler
Date: 1778
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 27,89 g.
Edge : décorée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID : AUGUST: D: G: DUX SAX. ELECTOR.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Frédéric-Auguste III.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric Auguste, par la grâce de Dieu, prince électeur de Saxe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : X EINE - MARCK F: // EDC / 1778.
Reverse description : Écu couronné de l’électorat de Saxe, posé 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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
