CNG 87, Lot: 2188. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (48mm, 47.89 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Nyenschantz. By T. Ivanov. Dated 1703 in chronogram on reverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / SIC MAGNIS CEDIT · OVID · (thus she yields to that which is greater, –adapted from Ovid), map of the fortifications at Nyenschantz; in foreground to right, soldier standing left, holding spear and key; in three lines in exergue, CASTRVM NOVVM CAPT/ET DESTR · D · 14 MAI ·/S · V · (the new castle captured and destroyed on the 14th of May, O.S.). Moneta 60, 11; Iversen series XIV, p. 12. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light deposits.