CNG 87, Lot: 2199. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (45mm, 49.89 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Lesnaya. By I. Kozmin or J. Kittel. Dated 1708 in chronogram on reverse. PETRVS ALEXII FIL · D · G · RVSS IMP REX SIB · ASTR · CAS · M · DVX · MOSC, Petr on horseback riding right, head turned slightly left; musical and military implements below; in two lines in exergue, REDIT E CERTAMINE/VICTOR (he returned from combat victorious) / GLORISA VICTORIA AD LEESNAM ·/28 · SEPT · S · V · (the glorious victory at Lesnaya on the 28th of September, O.S.), map of the fortifications at Lesnaya; in foreground to right, Victory seated left upon musical and military implements, holding wreath and horn; to right, shield inscribed CAPVT/EST/A CORPORE/LONGE ·/OVID · (the head [Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt] is far from its body [the Swedish forces], –adapted from Ovid); in three lines in exergue, DEVICTO LOWENHAVPT/CAESISAVT CAPT · XVI ·/MILL · SVEC · (Lewenhaupt defeated, 16,000 Swedes killed or captured). Moneta 60, 28; Iversen series XXIII, p. 24. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light spots.