Beschreibung
Erhaltung: NGC UNC | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Friedberg 2642, Bruce X#5, KM-126.
Material: Gold
Gewicht: 3,49 g
Feingehalt: 986 (Feingewicht 3,44 g)
Durchmesser: 23,00 mm
1616, Saxony, John George I. Gold Ducat (Sophiendukat) Coin. NGC UNC
Mint Year: 1616
Mint Place: Dresden (Germany)
Denomination: Gold Ducat (Sophiendukat)
Reference: Friedberg 2642, Bruce X#5, KM-126. R!
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as UNC (Details: Bent!)
Material: Gold (.986)
Diameter: 23mm
Weight: 3.49gm
Obverse: Illuminated all-seeing eye of God above Christogram (IHS) and Holy Spirit (as a dove).
Legend: HILF DV HEILIGE DREYFALTIGKEIT 1616 .
Translated: May the Holy Trinity help you, 1616.
Reverse: Monogram SC, sword and scepter under electoral crown.
Legend: .WOL DEM DER FREVD ANS EIN KINDER LEBT.
Translated: Good fortune to him who loves his children.
The Sophiendukat was originally issued during 1616 and was struck for presentation purposes during Christmas. It became popular baptismal gift, which led to it´s restriking in numerous die-variations until 1872.
A Christogram is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol. As in the case of Chrismon, the term Christogram comes from the Latin phrase Christi Monogramma, meaning monogram of Christ. In the Latin-speaking Christianity of medieval Western Europe (and so among Catholics and many Protestants today), the most common Christogram became IHS or IHC, denoting the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota-eta-sigma, or . The Greek letter iota is represented by I, and the eta by H, while the Greek letter sigma is either in its lunate form, represented by C, or its final form, represented by S. Because the Latin-alphabet letters I and J were not systematically distinguished until the 17th century, JHS and JHC are equivalent to IHS and IHC.
John George I (German: Johann Georg I; 5 March 15858 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.
