CNG 100, Lot: 703. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. 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, 3.49 g, 12h). Commemorating the proclamation of August II as Vicar of the Empire, for the second time. Dresden mint. Dated 1745. Elector, wearing Cross of the White Eagle and holding a sword, on horseback right / DECUS ET PRÆSIDIUM •, crowned flying eagle left with crowned Saxon-Polish shield on its breast, holding a sword with its right claw; in exergue, PROVISOR IMPERII / ITERUM / MDCCXLV •. KM 915; Friedberg 2867; Hutten-Czapski 6676. Choice EF, lustrous, light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 39 (18 November 1985), lot 456.