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fwo_418942 - GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I 1 Ducat (Sophiendukat) 1616 Dresde
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 650.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 650.00 €
Type : 1 Ducat (Sophiendukat)
Date: 1616
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 23,20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : WOL DEM DER FREUD AN SEIN KIND ERLEBT..
Obverse description : lettre CS entrelacée sous le chapeau ducal, épée et bâton.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HILF DV HEILIGE DREYFALTIGKEIT 1616..
Reverse description : lettres IHS, oeil radié et colombe.
Commentary
Il s’agit d’une refrappe du ducat de 1616 reconnaissable par la légende d’avers qui finit par AN SEIN KIND ERLEBT au lieu de AN SEIN KINDERN ERLEBT.
Ce ducat très populaire a été frappée par l’électeur Jean Georges Ier en l’honneur de sa mère Sophie à l’occasion de Noël.
This is a re-striking of the 1616 ducat, recognizable by the obverse legend ending with AN SEIN KIND ERLEBT instead of AN SEIN KINDERN ERLEBT. This very popular ducat was struck by Elector John George I in honor of his mother Sophie on the occasion of Christmas.
Ce ducat très populaire a été frappée par l’électeur Jean Georges Ier en l’honneur de sa mère Sophie à l’occasion de Noël.
This is a re-striking of the 1616 ducat, recognizable by the obverse legend ending with AN SEIN KIND ERLEBT instead of AN SEIN KINDERN ERLEBT. This very popular ducat was struck by Elector John George I in honor of his mother Sophie on the occasion of Christmas.
Historical background
GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I
(1615-1656)
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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