Live auction - fwo_390461 - GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I Double ducat dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg” 1630 Dresde

GERMANY - SAXONY - JOHN-GEORGE I Double ducat dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg” 1630 Dresde XF

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	1 251 €
Maximum bid :	1 300 €
End of the sale :	28 June 2016 17:45:40
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Double ducat dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg”

Date: 1630

Mint name / Town : Dresde

Metal : gold

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 6,78 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est frappée sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et présente une usure régulière. Bel exemplaire pour ce type rare et toujours impressionnant

Catalogue references :

F.2701 - Claus/Kahnt312

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse

Obverse legend : CONFESS. LUTHER. AUG. EXHIBITAE SECULVM..

Obverse description : Buste habillé et portant un chapeau de Jean Georges à droite, tenant une épée, accosté de IOH-GEOR ; un écu orné de cuirs sous le buste; 16-30 -25 JUNY.

Reverse

Reverse legend : NOMEN - DOMINI - TURRIS - FORTISSIMA.

Reverse description : Buste habillé et portant un chapeau de Jean à droite, tenant une épée, accosté de IOHAN-NES ; deux écus ornés de cuirs sous le buste; 15-30 - 25 JUNY.

Reverse translation : (Le nom du Seigneur est la plus forte tour).

Commentary

Ce double ducat dit “de la Confession d’Augsbourg”, fut frappé uniquement en 1630. Il commémore le centenaire de la Confession d’Augsbourg du 25 juin 1530, journée durant laquelle les disciples de Luther affichèrent leur foi devant l’empereur Charles Quint et la Diète allemande.

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.