1078232 | GERMAN STATES. SAXONY. Friedrich August III. 1769 AV Medal of 5 Ducats Weight. PCGS MS61. By C. C. Pribus. Dresden. 32.5mm. 17.30gm. FRID. AVGVST. DG DVX SAX. ELECTOR PAT. PATR. Bust; right; signed below C.C.P. / VOTA SENAT. AND CIV. DRESD. HOMAGIO PRÆSTITO IIII APRIL. MDCCLXIX. The goddess Hygieia standing in a four-columned temple holding a snake and a jar from which it drinks. Merseburger 1931 (in Silver); Forrer IV-p.689.

Struck in homage of the city of Dresden on the commencement of Friedrich August III's autocratic rule, April 4th 1769. Hygieia was worshipped by ancient Greeks and Romans as the goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation. Her name is the source of the word, "hygiene".

Ex. Schweizerischer Bankverein Auction 35 (1994, lot 874).


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