1078360 | GERMAN STATES. Bavaria. Maximilian III, Josef. (1747) FAS AR Pattern or Off-Metal 5 Ducats (Medallic 5 Ducats). PCGS AU58. By Franz Andreas Schega (Engraver in Munich 1739-1787). 34.59mm. 17.57gm. Conjoined busts, right; signed below, F Û A Û S Û / Allegorical figure of Bavaria kneeling below radiant eye within pyramid; a nine-line inscription on a pyramid before her. The Bavarian diamond shield at lower right. Fr.245 var Mers-1842 Ag; Grotemeyer 19; cf. Merseberger 1842; Wittelbach 2130.

Presented by the Bavarian estates on his marriage to Maria Anna, daughter of Friedrich August, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.


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