Very rare medal, minted on the occasion of the king's 50th birthday and on the occasion of the birth of the first son of August III the Saxon and grandson of August II the Strong, Duke Frederick Augustus in 1720.
Medal by HP Groskurt, signed on the reverse.
Medal not previously available on the auction market.
Obverse: standing king as personification of autumn, his son as summer and grandson as spring, date in chronogram 1720
ANNVS AVI MESSISQVE PATRIS PARTVSQVE NEPOTIS - FLORE ADSVNT TRIPLICI NOMINE SAXONIAE // NA / TA / LIS // REGIS 50 VS D 12 MAY / PRINC R EL 24 VS D 7 OCT / FR AVG III 1 VS D 18 NOV
Reverse: personification of Saxony pouring oil into the fire of the burning altar, on the altar the coat of arms of Poland and Saxony, date in the chronogram 1721
STATORI PATRIAE ET REGIAE SOBOLIS PRO SVCCESSV NOVI TEMPORIS VOTA FACTA // SEMISECVLO DEO / FAVENTE AETATE EXPLETO
Diameter 55 mm, weight 57.91 g
