Beautiful medal commemorating the election of Augustus II the Strong as king of Poland.
In the scene on the reverse, we see the ruler depicted as "Hercules of Saxony", who, with a slain hydra at his feet, is heading for the crown of Poland.
Medal signed in the cross-section of the arm GH (Georg Hautsch).
Obverse: bust of Augustus II the Strong in armor, right
FRID . AVG . D . G . ELECT . SAX • IN REGEM POLON • ELECT • 1697 (Fryderyk Augustus, by God's grace, elector of Saxony elected king 1697)
Reverse: king in full form and armor, trampling on a hydra, holding a club in his left hand, in front of him a goddess handing him a crown, in the episode HERCVLI SAXONICO (To Hercules of Saxony)
Rant: EN VICIT DENIQVE DIGNVS CVIVS PRAECINXIT CELSA CORONA CAPVT (Behold, at last the worthy has won, whose head was adorned with a sublime crown on September 15; chronostichus: 1697)
Silver, diameter 43 mm, weight 27.99 g
