CNG 100, Lot: 702. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). Friedrich August II (August III von Polen). 1733-1763. AV Dukat (21mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Vicariat issue. Dresden mint. Dated 1741. Elector, wearing Cross of the White Eagle and holding a sword, on horseback right / Facing throne on a four-step daïs, on which rests the royal mantle, crown, globe, and scepter; all beneath an ornate canopy. KM 908; Friedberg 2865; Hutten-Czapski 4687. Superb EF, hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1979. Ex James F. Morton Collection (RARCOA, 23 March 1979), lot 145.