CNG 87, Lot: 2203. Estimate $500. Sold for $555. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (51mm, 59.11 g, 12h). Commemorating the Battle of Poltava. By S. Judin and B. Scott. Dated 1709. ПETPЪ AΛEҰIEBИЧЬ BCE POCCIИCKIИ CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / ЗA ПOΛTABCKУЮ · БATAΛIЮ · (the Battle of Poltava), battle scene; in two lines in exergue, · 1709 · Г:/I ЮHЯ · 27 · D · (the 27th of June). Moneta 60, 33; Iversen series XXIV, p. 25. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few light deposits.