CNG 87, Lot: 2195. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. 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, 48.37 g, 12h). Commemorating the Opening of Navigation in the Baltic. By T. Ivanov and possibly A. Mouchnikov. Dated 1705 in incorrect chronogram on reverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / FINNIA ECCE TRIDENTEM (look here Finland, it’s Neptune!), Russia, as Neptune, holding reins and trident, standing in seashell pulled right by three sea horses; in three lines in exergue, NAVIGATIONE IN MARI/BALTICO STABILI/TA (navigation in the Baltic sea has been established). Moneta 60, 23 note; Iversen series XVI, p. 15. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, light mark on the obverse.