CNG 96, Lot: 1448. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Georg I. 1611-1656. AR Medal (60mm, 54.43 g, 12h). Commemorating the Centennary of the Augsburg Confession, 1530. By S. Dadler in Dresden. Dated 1630. VERBVM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNVM/DEN 25 IVNY ANNO 1530 (The Word of the Lord Endureth Forever/the 25th of June in the year 1530), facing half-length bust of the Elector Johann der Beständige, Kurfürst von Sachsen (1525-1532) holding sword over his right shoulder; around, four shields bearing the arms of the Kurfürstentum Sachsen, Meissen, and Thuringia / IOHANNS/CHVRFVST ZV/SACHSSEN THVT, BE-/KENNEN FREY AVS HEL-/DEN MVTH: DAS DIE/LEHR SO ER VBERGE -/BEN SEY DIE RICHT/SCHNVR ZVM EWI-/GEN LEBEN/DEN 25 IVNY Ao/1630 (Johann, Elector of Sachsen, doth freely acknowledge out of heroic courage: that the instruction he so committed to may be the guide to eternal life, the 25th of June in the year 1630) in eleven lines; floral elements above and at end of legend; S D flanking date. Maué 17; Whiting 119; Wiecek 56. Superb EF, beautifully toned with proof-like fields.