CNG 87, Lot: 2183. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (51mm, 53.80 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Azov. By S. Judin and J. G. Waechter. Dated 1696. ПETPЪ · AΛEҰЂEBИЧЬ · ПOBEΛИTEΛЬ MOCKOBCKOЙ · ПPИCHO · ПPИPACTИTEΛЬ ·, laureate and armored bust facing slightly right, head facing slightly left / MOΛHИЯMИ · ИBOΛHAMИ ·/ПOБEДИTEΛЬ · (victorious from both the sky and the sea), bombardment of the fortifications at Azov; in exergue, 1696 between two stars. Moneta 60, 5; Iversen series V, p. 4. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces.