282, Lot: 536. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. Æ Medal (75mm, 169.82 g, 12h). Commemorating the Consecration of Smolny Cathedral. By H. Gube. Dually-dated 1748 and 1835. OCTABИTЄ ДђTЄЙ ПPИXOДИTИ KOMHђ : TAЦђXЪ БO ЄCTЬ ПAPTBÏЄ БЖÏЄ (let the little children come to Me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these, –adapted from Matthew 19:14), Christ seated facing, embracing three children / View of the Smolny Cathedral; 1748 1835 above; in three lines in exergue, OKOHЧENЪ/BЪ ПAMЯTЬ/ИMПEPATPИЦЫ MAPIИ ФEOДOPOBHЫ (completed in honor of Empress Maria Feodorovna). Diakov 515.1; Moneta 60, 289. Near EF, a few marks and deposits.