Token 1719 Marriage of Augustus III of Saxony with Maria Josepha of Austria

Location: Southern Germany
Type: Counter Token / Rechenpfennig
Date: Undated, c.1719
Currency: Token / Rechenpfennig
Grade: XF
Composition: Brass
Weight: 1.14 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Mint: Nuremberg
Shape: round (irregular)
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: none

Obverse:
Crowned and armored bust of King Augustus III to right. Latin legend around.

Lettering: 
AUG.III.D. - G. POL. REX. 

Translation: Augustus III by the grace of God, King of Poland. 

Reverse:
Crowned and armored bust of Queen Maria Josepha to left. Latin legend around. Below bust, the denomination and the initials of the engraver.

Lettering: 
MARIA - JOSEPHA 
I.I.D.  R.P.

Translation: Maria Josepha - Iohann Iacob Dietzel - Rechenpfennig.

Engraver: Johann Jakob Dietzel (1711-1748).

Edge:
Smooth.

Comment:
Marriage (August 20, 1719) of Augustus III of Saxony, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Prince-Elector of Saxony, with Maria Josepha of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria.

Son of Frederick August I of Saxony (Augustus II of Poland). 1719 married Maria Josepha, daughter of the emperor Joseph I. Succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in February 1733. Chosen king of Poland by a small minority of electors on in October 1733; crowned in Kraków on Jan. 17, 1734, and was generally recognized as king in Warsaw in June 1736.

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