The rarest and last in a series of medals made of silver from the prestigious Royal Suite series with the image of August III the Saxon, by J.J. Reichel, signed with the initials I.I.R. on the obverse.
Never before offered on Onebid, this is its first listing.
Missing in the largest collections, e.g. The Royal Castle in Warsaw and the National Bank of Poland.
Hhuge rarity known so far from only one listing!
Obverse: royal bust facing right, uncovered head, the Order of the Golden Fleece around the neck, under the bust I. I. REICHEL F
AUGUSTUS III ELECTOR SAXONIAE (August III Elector of Saxony)
Reverse: inscription in twelve lines: AUGUSTI II FILIUS, ELECTUS A D 1733. CORONATUS A D 1734. PIUS, MANSVETUS, POLONIAE, QUAE BONA OPTAVIT, RUPTIS CONTINUO XII COMITIIS, IMPERTIRI NEQUIVIT. OBIIT DRESDAE A D 1763. AETAT 67. R 30. D 5. OCTOB. (August II's son, elected in the year of our Lord 1733, crowned in the year of our Lord 1734. Pious, gracious, he was unable to bestow the good he wished upon Poland when 12, one after another, parliaments were broken. He died in Dresden, in the year of our Lord 1763, at the age of 67, having reigned on the 30th day of October 5.)
Silver, diameter 45 mm, weight 43.44 g
