Live auction - fwo_361082 - GERMANY – DUCHY OF ELECTORAL SAXONY – ALBERTINE LINE – FREDERIC AUGUSTE I Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré 1697

GERMANY – DUCHY OF ELECTORAL SAXONY – ALBERTINE LINE – FREDERIC AUGUSTE 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 :

Dav.7654 - KM/WC.17/686

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.
The depiction of Hercules on the reverse is truly beautiful. It is a fine example of Baroque art from the very end of the 17th century. The rendering is comparable to a pictorial work.