Rare medal of Augustus II the Strong from 1698, issued to celebrate the king's successful reign.
The medal is signed with the initials CW, the name of the medal's creator, Christian Wermuth.
A true Top Pop. The only coin with the highest grade in PCGS population report.
Obverse: bust of the king in a laurel wreath, facing right
AVG II D G REX POL M D L & C D SAX S R I A M ET EL
Reverse: in front of the sacrificial altar, on which stands a smoking sacrificial vessel, kneeling Polonia in an ermine cloak, in front of her, on the ground, lies a crown, above it rays, on the altar pedestal signature CW, in section VOTA POL ET SAX / M DC IIC
PRO SALVTE-OPTIMI PRINCIPIS
Diameter 31 mm
