Live auction - fme_885330 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK II THE GREAT Médaille, Décès de Frédéric II le Grand
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 140 € |
| Maximum bid : | 140 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 February 2024 18:14:42 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Décès de Frédéric II le Grand
Date: 1786
Mint name / Town : Allemagne, Berlin
Metal : silver
Diameter : 44,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HOLTZHEY Johann Georg (1729-1808)
Weight : 25,01 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle médaille en argent, présentant quelques traces de frottements dans les champs. Faible usure. Présence de quelques coups et rayures, notamment sur les bords de la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID. INCOMPARABILIS - DEI GRATIA REX BORVSS. ETC..
Obverse description : Buste de Frédéric II à gauche, en costume militaire avec le chapeau historique, signé sur le tranché du bras : I. G. H. .
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESTABAT - ALIUD NIHIL // NATUS XXIV JAN. MDCCXII/ DENATUS XVII AUGUST/ MDCCLXXXVI. .
Reverse description : Urne funéraire, timbrée PHILO / SOPH? coiffée d'une couronne royale, posée sur un socle, timbrée DE / SANS- / SOUCI, entourée d'attributs des Beaux-Arts et de trophées militaires dont un livre ouvert timbré d’une légende : CO / DEX // FRI / DE / RI- / CIA / NUS.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK II THE GREAT
(1740-08/17/1786)
Frederic was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712 and is the son of Frederick William I. It was first France's ally in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) then there was a reversal of alliance during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). He was one of the great winners of the Treaty of Paris (1763) and took part in the first dismemberment of Poland (1772). Frederick II (1712-1786) was the greatest king of Prussia. Friend of Voltaire, he wrote in French and was the model of the enlightened despot of the second half of the 18th century. He succeeded his father Frédéric-Guillaume, King Sergent and made Berlin a real capital and the Château de Sans Souci in Potsdam a little Versailles. Thanks to a warlike policy, he made Prussia the most powerful state in Eastern Europe and counterbalanced the influence of Austria and Russia. He died at the castle of Sans-Souci (Potsdam), August 17, 1786.
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