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August III Sas, Medal Election as King of Poland 1733

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Reference: Hutten-Czapski 2749 (R1), Raczyński 371

Medal honoring the election of August III as king of Poland in 1733.

An exquisitely preserved medal. Untouched relief, medal mirror, with only minor rubbing. Beautiful.

Signed under the portrait P.P. Werner fec.

Obverse: bust with hair loose, face seen from the right. In the rim: D[ei] G[ratia] AUGUSTVS III REX POL[oniae] ET EL[ector] SAX[oniae] (By God's grace August III King of Poland and Elector of Saxony).

Reverse: a figure holding a pomegranate fruit in his right hand and in his left hand a shield with the Polish and Lithuanian coats of arms, at his side an eagle holding a crown over an elector's mitre, which lies on a pedestal. Inscription at the top: AVCTA AVGVSTI FELICITAS. (Multiplied happiness of Augustus). In the section the year MDCCXXXIII.

Silver, diameter 44 mm, weight 28.36 g.


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Auction 19 - winter '23
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02 February 2023 CET/Warsaw
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