Live auction - fwo_611996 - GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I Thaler 1614 Dresde
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 490 € |
| Maximum bid : | 620 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 18:21:44 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1614
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 28,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, couvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier. Ancienne trace de monture à 12 heures sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (GLOBE CRUCIFÈRE) IOHAN. GEORG: D: G: SA° - RO: IMP. ARCHIM° ELE:.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé à droite de Jean Georges, tenant de la main gauche un heaume, de la droite une épée portée à l'épaule ; millésime 16-14 accostant le buste.
Obverse translation : (Jean Georges, par la grâce de Dieu, électeur de Saxe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (CYGNE) - ET AVGVST° FR° E° D: S: I: C: E: M°.
Reverse description : Buste d’Auguste à droite, cuirassé et drapé portant une colerette de dentelle ; autour de la légende, dix-huit écus.
Commentary
Ce type de thaler fut frappé sans interruption de 1611 à 1616. Il associe le nom de Jean-Georges Ier à celui d’Auguste.
Historical background
GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I
(1611-1615)
Jean-Georges I succeeded his brother Christian II in 1611, but with the title of august. He was initially an ally of Emperor Ferdinand II, then he married the Protestant party in 1631 to return on May 30, 1635, after the Peace of Prague, to the imperial party. This period of the Thirty Years' War was one of the most troubled in Saxony which was ravaged by the Imperials and the Swedes. In 1648, peace signed, Saxony obtained Lusatia. The duchy, considerably weakened, however lost its predominance over the Germanic Protestant powers to the benefit of Brandenburg. The will of John George I detached from Saxony the duchies of Saxe-Weissenfels, Saxe-Merseburg and Saxe-Zeitz. These duchies were not again united with Saxony until 1718 and 1746.
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