R-, Augustus II the Strong, Vicar thaler 1711, Dresden, nice

The coin was struck in the period after the death of Emperor Joseph I. Augustus the Strong held the honorable position of Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. In 1711, after the Emperor's death, he minted a series of coins with this title. Obverse: king on horseback to the right, under the horse a five-field shield of arms, with the coats of arms of the Crown, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Vettin family. Reverse: three altars: with the insignia of the king, the Elector of Saxony and covered with a mantle with a wreath, at the top FRID AUG / REX ELECTOR, in the wreath ET VICARIUS POST MORT / IOSEPHI / IMPERAT, date MDC - CXI, initials ILH (Jan Wawrzyniec Holland, Dresden mincmaster) and hook (mint mark). An attractive piece with an old patina.