CNG 87, Lot: 2193. Estimate $300. Sold for $1051. 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, 60.96 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Narva. By S. Judin and possibly T. Ivanov. Dated 1704. ПETPЪ AΛEҰIEBИЧЬ BCE POCCIИCKIИ CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / HE ΛECTИЮ HO OPУЖИEMЪ CПOMOЩИЮ BЫШHEГO/ПPИEMΛEHA (taken not through weaponry but rather through cunning, with the help of a Higher Power), siege and bombardment of the fortifications; HAPBA 1704 (Narva) in exergue. Moneta 60, 20; Iversen series XIX, p. 19. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few spots on the obverse.