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Dwugrosz - August II Mocny Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The reverse (shown as obverse image) depicts a large three-masted sailing vessel rendered in fine detail at centre, set against a harbour scene with architectural structures visible to the left and right. An inscription in the exergue reads PORTU LI. MENTI within a rectangular frame, below which appears a crowned monogram. The legend DEO DUC… runs along the upper field. The entire composition is executed in a pictorial baroque style characteristic of early 18th-century Saxon commemorative coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The obverse (shown as reverse image) bears a fully inscribed field surmounted by a royal crown at the top centre. The Latin dedicatory text arranged in multiple lines across the field reads: FRID · AUGUST · REX POL · ET EL · SA / MATRI DILECTISS / ANNAE SOPHIAE / RINCHERI BD · REG D· / ULENBERGD · I · SEPT · / IDUA · SAXONI / FCHTENBUR · / 1717 · DONAT · / MONUM · PEREN / F F. The inscription records the dedication by Friedrich August (Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony) in perpetual memory of his beloved mother Anna Sophie, Princess of Denmark, who died 1 September 1717. |
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