Germany, Saxony. Frederik Augustus II, 1733-1763.. Zilveren medaille 1745

Saxony, Electorate of Frederick Augustus II, 1733-1763. Silver medal, 1745, unsigned, by J.G. Holtzhey, commemorating the peace negotiations leading to the Peace of Dresden. Hollandia sits facing forward, with a staff bearing a liberty cap in her right hand and a caduceus in her left hand. At her sides lie a reclining lion with bundles of arrows and an altar with a Bible, surrounded by symbols of trade. Mars attempts to leave the Temple of Janus, but is restrained there by an armored arm of clouds with bundles of arrows. Silver 2.87 grams - 22/23 mm

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