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1/8 Thaler - Frederick August I Vicariat
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1711 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian effigy of Elector Frederick Augustus I in full armour and flowing robe, mounted on a prancing horse facing right, rendered in high relief in the baroque style. The horse is depicted in a dynamic levade pose with raised forelegs, conveying regal authority. Below the horse, an ornate baroque cartouche frames the quartered electoral arms of Saxony, incorporating the crossed swords and rampant lions. The milled edge borders the design, and the field is broad and largely unlettered, giving prominence to the central equestrian composition. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Vikariat coinage issued under Frederick August I marks one of the few occasions when the Elector of Saxony exercised his ancient imperial vicariate rights — the authority to govern the Holy Roman Empire during an interregnum. This 1711 issue was struck following the death of Emperor Joseph I from smallpox in April of that year, before the election of Charles VI. Saxony and the Rhenish Palatinate held competing vicariate claims, a jurisdictional dispute that generated its own separate body of legal and numismatic documentation.