CNG 87, Lot: 2197. Estimate $500. 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. Oval Æ Medal (39x44mm, 37.99 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Kalisz. Dated 1706. ЦPЬ · ПETPЪ · AΛEҰИEBИЧЬ ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / ЗA BЂPHOCTЪ И MУЖECTBO (for loyalty and valor), Petr on horseback riding slightly right, holding baton and being crowned by manus Dei from above; battle scene in background; 1706 in exergue. Moneta 60, 25; Iversen series XXII, p. 22. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces.