CNG 100, Lot: 695. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). Friedrich August I (August II von Polen). 1694-1733. AV Dukat (20mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Commemorating his Election and Coronation as King of Poland. Dresden mint. By Martin Heinrich Omeis. Dated 1697. King wearing Polish armor on charging horse right; O. in exergue / Crown dividing D•–G• over crossed palm fronds; below, F • A • E • S • / EL: IN REG: / POLONIARUM • / D • 17/27 IUN: / Ao • 1697 • in five lines. KM 694; Friedberg 2827. Good VF, hairlines, die breaks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, April 1978.