CNG 87, Lot: 2186. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (47mm, 48.70 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Shlisselburg. By T. Ivanov. Dated 1702 in Roman numerals. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / NOTTEBVRGVM · NVNC · SCHLVSSELBVRGVM · (Once Nöteborg, now Shlisselburg), Neptune reclining right, holding trident and key, and viewing the attack on the fortifications at Nöteborg; in three lines in exergue, POST · ANN · XC · ABHOSTB/RECVP · D · XII OCTOB S V/MDCCII · (after 90 years, recovered from the enemies after on the 12th of October, O.S.). Moneta 60, 9; Iversen series XIII, p. 12. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light spots.