CNG 87, Lot: 2191. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. 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, 46.55 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Narva. By T. Ivanov. Dated (1)704 in chronogram on obverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / CECIDERE AB ORIGINE PRIMA · LVCERT · (the city fell early in the attack, –adapted from Lucretius), in two lines in exergue, NARVA VI CAPTA/9 · AUG · ST · V · (Narva taken by force on the 9th of August, O.S.). Moneta 60, 17; Iversen series XIX, p. 20. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light marks.