Description
Germany, Saxony, Johann Georg I (1611-1656), gold 2 Ducats, 1630, Dresden, commemorating 100 years of the Augsburg Confession, 6.54g (Fr. 2701; KM 421). Extremely Fine, ex. mount.
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation. The purpose was to defend the Lutherans against misrepresentations and to provide a statement of their theology that would be acceptable to the Roman Catholics.
