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1792, Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. Silver 2/3 Thaler (Gulden) Coin. 1-Year Vicar Type!

Condition: VF
Mint year: 1792
Mint Place: Dresden
Reference: KM-1033. R!
Mint Master: Johann Ernst Croll (I.E.C.)
Denomination: 2/3 Thaler (Gulden) - Vicariat Issue!
Diameter: 33mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 13.8gm

Obverse: Bust of Frederick Augustus III (as Elector of Saxony) right. Date (1792) below.
Legend: FRID : AVGVST : D : G : DUX SAX : ELECTOR / 1792

Reverse: Double-headed eagle with crowned arms of saxony at chest. Mint master's initials (I.E.C.) split by value (2/3) below.
Legend: SAC . ROM . IMP . PROVISOR ITERVM / XX . EINE (2/3) MARK . F

Frederick Augustus I (full name: Frederick Augustus Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xavier) (German: Friedrich August I.; b. Dresden, 23 December 1750 - d. Dresden, 5 May 1827) was King of Saxony (1805-1827) from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III (Friedrich August III.) of Saxony (1763-1806) and Duke Frederick Augustus I (Polish: Fryderyk August I) of Warsaw (1807-1813). The Augustusplatz in Leipzig is named after him.