CNG 87, Lot: 2196. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. 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, 48.31 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Jelgava. By T. Ivanov. Dated 1705 in chronogram on reverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / CVRAT CONTEN DERE MARTE VIRG · (she (Sweden) dared to wage war against the warrior (Russia), –adapted from Virgil), map of the fortifications at Jelgava; in foreground to right, civic deity seated left, releasing sword and spurning Swedish shield; in two lines in exergue, MITTAVIVM EXPVG/4 · SEPT · S · V · (Jelgava taken on the 4th of September, O.S.). Moneta 60, 24 note; Iversen series XXI, p. 21. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces.