GERMANY, Sachsen (Duchy & Electorate). Friedrich August II. Elector, 1733-1763. AR Medal (64mm, 116.2 g, 12h). On the Vikariat. By H.F. Wermuth. Dated 1741. (rosette) D . G . FRID . AVG . REX POL . DVX SAX . ARCHIMARESCHALL . ET ELECTOR, Friedrich August on horseback right, holding sword and reins / PRO LEGIS DEFENSIONE • /, open book inscribed AU/REA BUL/LA set on table; to right arm holding sword and emerging from cloud; in MDCCXLI • in exergue. Toned, marks, hairlines. EF. A popular type.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex El Dorado 9 (14 September 1985), lot 116.
This medal commemorates the “Vikariat,” or the brief interregnum following death of the Holy Roman Emperor and the election of his successor. Medals and coins on this subject were often issued in the German territories of the Empire.
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