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⅔ Thaler - John George IV Death

Issuer Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of
Year 1694
Type Commemorative circulation coin
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Obverse description Nine-line Latin funerary inscription in the field commemorating Elector John George IV of Saxony, reading PRINCEPS / AD MAGNA NAT / DR·M·DCLXVIII·XVIII·OC / HEROS / TOG·ARMISQ·CLARISS / PRÆMAT·PLAC / MDCXCIV·XXVII·AP / OBIIT, recording his birth and death dates. The value 2/3 appears within an oval cartouche at the bottom center of the field, flanked by the mintmaster's initials I·K. A continuous circular legend surrounds the entire design within a beaded border, reading portions of the elector's full titles and name, including IOH·GEORG·IV·DUX·SAX and ARCHIM·& ELECT.
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Obverse lettering IOH·GEORG·IV·DUX·SAX·ARCHIM·& ELECT· / PRINCEPS AD MAGNA NAT DR·MDCLXVIII·XVIII·OC HEROS TOG·ARMISQ·CLARISS PRÆMAT·PLAC MDCXCIV·XXVII·AP OBIIT / I·K / 2/3
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Reverse lettering SOLA GLORIOSA QUAE IUSTA
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