CNG 87, Lot: 2185. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (71mm, 109.25 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Shlisselburg. By S. Judin. Dated 1702. ПETPЪ · I · Б · M · IMПEPATOPЪ · I CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ · BCE POCC, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / BЗЯTЪ · 1702 · OKTЯБPЯ · 21 · ДHЯ (rosette) БЫΛЪ · УHEПPИЯTEΛЯ · 90 · ΛЂTЪ (held by the enemy for 90 years, she has now been returned to us on the 21st of October), bombardment of the fortifications at Nöteborg; above, rosette within circle of stars; ШΛЮCEHБУPXЪ below. Moneta 60, 8; Iversen series XIII, p. 11. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light spots.