CNG 87, Lot: 2198. Estimate $250. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (29mm, 16.78 g, 11h). Commemorating the Battle of Lesnaya. Dated 1708. ПETPЪ · ПEPBЫ · IMП · I CAMOД · BCE POCC, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / ЗAΛEBEHΓ БATAΛИЮ (the Battle of Lesnaya), Petr on horseback riding slightly right, holding baton and being crowned by two Victories flying from above; battle scene in background; on banner above, ДOCTOИHOMУ · ДOCTOИHOE (worthy of worthiness); 1708 in exergue. Moneta 60, 26; Iversen series XXIII, p. 23. EF, attractive brown surfaces.