CNG 87, Lot: 2181. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (66mm, 95.65 g, 12h). Commemorating the Coronation of Petr I. By S. Judin and J. G. Waechter. Dated 1682 in Roman numerals. (rosette) PETRVS · ALEXII · FILIVS · D · G · TZAR · ET · MAGNVS · DVX · TOTIVS · RVSSIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MEA MECVM ASCENDES IN ALTVM (we will do great things, you and I), Petr standing left, head right, clasping hands with Russia and pointing toward their legacy: a mountain adorned with flowers and surmounted by a temple of fame and greatness; IMPERII HABENAS CAPESSIT XXVII/APRILIS CICICCLXXXII (he took the reins of the empire on the 27th of April) (middle C's retrograde). Moneta 60, 3; Iversen series III, p. 2. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, some spotting on the obverse.