The Installment of Johann Georg IV as a Knight of the Garter

CNG 91, Lot: 1270. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). Johann Georg IV. 1691-1694. AR Talerklippe (39x40mm, 25.51 g, 9h). Dresden mint. Dated 1693. Monogram surmounted by Elector’s cap; all within Collar of the Order of the Garter, inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; four garnished coats-of-arms around; 16 93 below / DIS = MALE = CERPENDUS QUI MALE SENTIT ERIT, two swords crossed in saltire; all within wreath; Elector’s cap above; four garnished coats-of-arms around. C&K 692; Schnee 977; Davenport 7649; KM 642. Good VF, toned.