CNG 87, Lot: 2201. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (65mm, 99.28 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Poltava. By S. Judin and J. C. G. Jaeger. Dated 1709 in chronogram on reverse. HIC HONOR IN NOBIS INVIDIOSVS ERIT (the honor of this victory will bring great envy our way, –adapted from Ovid), Petr on horseback rearing slightly left, holding baton and reins; fallen combatant below, battle scene in background; in three lines in exergue, PETRO ALEXIADI D · G · MAGNO/RVSS · IMP · PIO FELICI AVG ·/TRIVMPHATORI / POLTAVA MIRACLA DE INSIGNIS · (Poltava, memorable for having been memorable), Hercules advancing left, head right, pointing left and carrying club and lion skin; map of the fortifications in background, musical and military implements below; in two lines in exergue, VNIVERSO SVECORVM/EXERCITV DELETO/D · 27 · IVN · S · V · (the Swedish army utterly defeated on the 27th day of June, O.S.). Moneta 60, 30; Iversen series XXIV, p. 26. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few minor spots.