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Live auction - fwo_361082 - GERMANY - SAXONY - FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré 1697

GERMANY - SAXONY - FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré 1697  XF
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Estimate : 800 €
Price : 611 €
Maximum bid : 615 €
End of the sale : 10 September 2019 18:40:09
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré
Date: 1697
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 57 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 25,51 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler offre une belle représentation quasi picturale d’Hercule au revers. Une patine de collection ancienne le recouvre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R.Heitz, n°477, vendue par Poinsignon en 1985

Obverse


Obverse legend : 16 - 97.
Obverse description : Monogramme couronné de Frédéric Auguste entre deux palmes, armes couronnées aux quatre coin.

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTUTE. - PARATA..
Reverse description : Hercule à demi nu, l’épaule couverte et portant la massue sur l’épaule gauche, couronné par une main venue des cieux.

Commentary


La représentation d’Hercule au revers est de toute beauté. Il s’agit d’un bel exemple de l’art baroque de l’extrême fin du XVIIe siècle. Le rendu est comparable à une oeuvre pictural.

Historical background


GERMANY - SAXONY - FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I

(1694-1733)

Augustus is By the Grace of God Duke of Saxony Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and Elector. Saxony had become Protestant in 1530 and posed as champion of the reformed states against the Habsburgs.

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