Marriage of a Duke

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 930. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Georg II. Elector, 1656-1680. AR Taler Klippe (29.21 g, 9h). Commemorating the marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie to Christian Ernst. Dresden mint. Dated 1662. MEDIANTE DEO ET AMORE EXISTENTE PACE & CONCORDIA, hands emerging from clouds crowning with wreath a monument decorated with coats of arms, joined by hanging garlands to two garlanded pillars on either side, one decorated with wings, the other with a pair of doves; radiate name of God above; ornate coats of arms in corners / V. G. G. / Johan Georgs / des Andern Herzogs / und Churfurstens zu / Sachssen auch Burg = / grafens zu Magdeb : / gehaltenes haupt / schiessen zu Dreßden. / 1662 in ten lines; ornate coats of arms in corners. Schnee 914; Merseburger 1220; Davenport 7631; KM 500. EF, toned, a few tiny field marks.

This klippe commemorates the marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie, daughter of Johann Georg II, to Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1662. Erdmuthe Sophie died just eight years later. Because the marriage produced no children, the lines of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Saxony remained separate.