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2 Thalers - John George III Death

Issuer Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of
Year 1691
Type Commemorative circulation coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description Fifteen lines of Latin commemorative inscription filling the entire reverse field, recording the birth, life, and death of John George III. The text opens with a cross at the top and reads PRINCEPS / FORT. & MAGNANIM. / NAT. DRESDAE. MDCXLVII / DIE. XXII. IVNII / HEROS. PRO. DEO. & POP. PUGN. / MORBO. CAMPESTRI. CORREPT. / TVBINGAE. BEATE. DEFUNCTVS / M.DC.XCI. DIE. XII. SEPT. / ANNO. AETAT. XLIV. M. II. D. XXII / ELECTORAT. FELICISS. GESTI / PAVLO PIVS VNDECIMO / TVRCARVMPESTIS / GALLOR. TERROR / GERMANIAE / COLVMEN, with the mintmaster initials I·K· in the lower exergue.
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Reverse lettering PRINCEPS / FORT. & MAGNANIM. / NAT. DRESDAE. MDCXLVII / DIE. XXII. IVNII / HEROS. PRO. DEO. & POP. PUGN. / MORBO. CAMPESTRI. CORREPT. / TVBINGAE. BEATE. DEFUNCTVS / M.DC.XCI. DIE. XII. SEPT. / ANNO. AETAT. XLIV. M. II. D. XXII / ELECTORAT. FELICISS. GESTI / PAVLO PIVS VNDECIMO / TVRCARVMPESTIS / GALLOR. TERROR / GERMANIAE / COLVMEN / I·K·
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