Poland (Białogon Foundry) Cast Medal ND - Augustus II the Strong (1697-1704, 1709-1733)

31.83g. 44mm. UNC/UNC. 

Medalier: I. I. Reichel (signature on obverse: I. I. REICHEL. F.). 

Hutten-Czapski 3436 (for prototype); Raczyński 612 (for prototype). 

Obv.: Bust of Augustus II left, wearing cuirass and draped mantle, hair tied in queue. 

Inscription around: 

AVGVSTVS II. ELECTOR SAXONIAE 

(Augustus II, Elector of Saxony). 

Rev.: Multi-line Latin inscription: 

ELECTUS / A.D.1697.D.27.JUN. / CORONATUS 15.SEPT. / CAMENECUM PODOLIAE / A TURCIS CAPTUM PACE / CARLOVICENSI RECEPIT, / A CAROLO XII. SVECO, / REGNO PULSUS, / REDIIT IN SOLIUM, / A.D.1709. / OBIIT VARSAVIAE A.D. / 1733.AETAT.63.R.36. / D.1.FEBR: 

(Elected June 27, 1697; crowned September 15; recovered Kamianets Podilskyi from the Turks by the Peace of Karlowitz; driven from the throne by Charles XII of Sweden; returned to the throne in 1709; died in Warsaw in 1733, aged 63, after 36 years of rule, on February 1). 

Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, played a major role in the Great Northern War, during which he entered into alliance with Tsar Peter I of Russia against Sweden. His temporary loss of the Polish throne followed the victories of Charles XII, but after the Swedish defeat at Poltava he was restored to power with decisive Russian support, marking the growing influence of Russia in the affairs of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth.