CNG 87, Lot: 2190. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (46mm, 45.79 g, 12h). Commemorating the Foundation of Kronshtadt. Dated 1704. HIBERNO TEMPORE NIDIS INCVBAT ALCYONE ·/TVM VIA TVTA MARIS/Ovid · Metam · (when the halcyon broods in her winter nest, the sea puts danger to a rest, –adapted from Ovid), Athena standing left, head turned toward the background, observing two ships under sail left on the calm sea and pointing at a nesting halcyon; instruments of navigation to lower left; in two lines in exergue, MARIS FINNICI/SECVRITAS · (the Finish sea [gulf] is now safe) / PALLAS QVAM CONDIDIT ARCEM IPSA COLIT · Virg · (Athena herself honors this arsenal which he has constructed, –adapted from Virgil), façade of the fortifications at Kronshtadt; in four lines in exergue, CRON · SCHLOS/MEDIA HIEME A RVSS IMPE/RATORE EXTRVCT ·/MDCCIIII · (Kronshtadt, founded in the dead of winter by the Russian emperor). Moneta 60, 15; Iversen series XVII, p. 16. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces.