408, Lot: 659. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Cast Brass Medal (32mm, 10.55 g, 12h). On the Conquest of Swedish Livonia. Original by Christian Wermuth. Dated 1704 (
in Roman numerals). PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · RVSS · MAG · CÆS ·, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; C W on truncation of arm / LIVONIA RECEPTA, Nude male and female figures seated in attitude of mourning at base of classicical-style trophy; withered stumps to either side; AN · MDCCIV · (date) in exergue. See Diakov,
Medals 22.1 (for original strike in silver). VF, light brown surfaces, edge marks. Later aftercast.