Medal of Johan Georg III, Elector of Saxony Artist: Philipp Heinrich Muller (German, 1654–1719)

1688

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Wood

Dimensions

17.5 g, 6:00, 57 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Fisk Parsons Brewer, B.A. 1852

Accession Number

2001.87.26894

Geography

Made in Augsburg, Germany

Culture

German

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: JOHAN GEORG III D. G. ELECT. SAX. PRESSIS SUCCURRERE FAS EST, bust r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: VINDICAT IMPERIUM, in field SOLIS AD OCCASUM SOLIS AD ORTUM RHENUS DANUBIUS, crossed swords over landscape with Rhine and Danube with conquered male figures representing the Turks and the French
Provenance
Professor Fisk Parsons Brewer, to about 1890; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1890 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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