Live auction - fwo_421575 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS Thaler 1801
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 16:57:27 |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1801
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 41, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,74 g.
Edge : décorée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection JMB
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID. AVGVST .D.G. DVX SAX . ELECTOR.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Frédéric-August III.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric Auguste, par la grâce de Dieu, prince et électeur de Saxe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DES BERGRAVES - DER SEEGEN // X. EINE MARK F. / 1801.
Reverse description : Écu couronné entre deux palmes.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS
(11/12/1806-5/05/1827)
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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