CNG 87, Lot: 2202. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (32mm, 17.20 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Poltava. By S. Judin. Dated 1709. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / PVLTAVA, battle scene; in three lines in exergue, INTERNECIONIS · TERMINVS/BORISTHENES/1709 (
an end to the carnage on the Borysthenes). Moneta 60, 31; Iversen series XXIV, p. 27. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, usual die break on the reverse.