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Cardinal Christian August, Duke of Sachsen-Zeitz - 2 Silver Typars, silver, iron grip resp. iron ...

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR
Cardinal Christian August, Duke of Sachsen-Zeitz - 2 Silver Typars, silver, iron grip resp. iron ...
Cardinal Christian August, Duke of Sachsen-Zeitz - 2 Silver Typars,
silver, iron grip resp. iron mount, round,1 item w/ delicately cut major coat-of-arms of the Archbishop, diameter: 6,2 cm, 1 item w/ delicately cut major coat-of-arms of the Archbishop w/ inscription: CHRISTIAN AUGUST D. G. S. R. E. PRESBY. CARDINAL DUX SAXONIAE ARCHIEB. STRIGONI. PRIMAS REGNI HUNGARIE", diameter: 7,5 cm, ca. 1710, (Lu)
EURO 3.000 - 4.000 US$ 3.000 - 4.000
Two silver typars of excellent workmanship! Christian August, Duke of Sachsen-Zeitz (1666-1725), Dean of Cologne, Bishop of Raab, Cardinal-Archbishop of Gran (appointed cardinal in 1706), and an influential church grandee; He had a particularly pronounced influence on his nephew, August the Strong and was instrumental in the latter's conversion to Catholicism in 1697.
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