CNG 87, Lot: 2192. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (46mm, 47.08 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Narva. By T. Ivanov. Dated 1704 in chronogram on reverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIAE, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / TORMENTO PONDERIS ACTI PRÆCIPITAT · VIRG (overthrown by the force of arms, –adapted from Virgil), map of the fortifications at Narva; in two lines in exergue, NARVA EXPVGNATA/D · 9 · AUG · S · V · (Narva taken on the 9th of August, O.S.). Moneta 60, 18; Iversen series XIX, p. 20. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light marks and spots of verdigris.