Very rare medal minted on the occasion of the wedding of Prince Frederick Augustus with the Austrian Archduchess Maria Josepha on August 20, 1719 in Vienna.
Mint luster on both sides.
Light surface hairliness.
Slightly bent.
Obverse: on ten shields the names of princes and princesses from which Frederick Augustus and Maria Josepha descend, in the middle QVOD FELIX FAVSTVM QVE SIT (happy is he who is lucky)
EN SPONSOS E PATRVM ET MATRVM STEMMATE SAXONICOS (Here are the married ones with the coat of arms of the Saxon father and mother)
Reverse: in seventeen lines, below the signatures of the medalists IAG & CW HVMILLIME OFFERVNT (they most humbly offer)
AVGVSTO VT ET SERENISSIMO NEO-NYMPHORVM PARI FRIDERICO AVGVSTO REG POL ET ELEC SAX PRINCIPI VNICO HAERED ET MARIAE IOSEPHAE ARCHIDVCISSAE AVSTRIAE IMPERATORIS GLORIOSISS IOSEPHII FILIAE PRIMOG MATRIMONIVM INEVNTIBVS VIENNAE XX AVG MD CCXIX
Diameter 44 mm, weight 29.46 g
