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Auction: 11009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins& Com Medals
Lot: 389

Saxony, Albertine line, Johann Georg II (1656-80), silver medal on the opening of the Moritzburg chapel 1672, by Ernst Caspar Dürr at the Dresden mint, in glauben herr zu stehen gieb. craft und besaendge christenlieb, a trophy on an obelisk, in a landscape, dividing sue sum - deor sum, rev. herr, ich habe leib die staedte deines hauses, und den ort, da deine ehre wohnet. ps 26 v 8, interior of the chapel, Johann Georg kneeling at the altar, his crown and sword beside him, 53mm. (Mersburger 2652; Tentzel 58.1), extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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