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Live auction - fwo_434461 - GERMANY - SAXONY - DUCHY OF SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE II Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré 1679 Dresde

GERMANY - SAXONY - DUCHY OF SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE II Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré 1679 Dresde AU
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Estimate : 1 000 €
Price : 550 €
Maximum bid : 550 €
End of the sale : 12 September 2017 17:45:46
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Talerklippe ou Thaler de flan carré
Date: 1679
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 23,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler a malencontreusement été percé d’un trou à 12 heures, habillement rebouché. Il est couvert d’une belle patine gris sombre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Künker

Obverse


Obverse legend : IUL: CLIV: ET. - MONT: ELECT: IOH: GEORG: II.
Obverse description : SUSCIPIANT / MONTES PACEM / POPULO/ PS.72.V.3. / ANNO/ MDCLXXIX.

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 - DUCHY OF SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE II

(1656-1680)

Jean-Georges II belongs to the Albertine line of the Saxon line. He is the eldest son of Jean-Georges I (1591-1656). He succeeded his father in 1656. Jean-Georges III, his eldest son, succeeded him in 1680.

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