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CNG 87, Lot: 2207. Estimate $300.
Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Petr I Alekseyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (48mm, 48.94 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capturing of Vyborg. By T. Ivanov. Dated 1710 in chronogram on reverse. PETRVS · ALEXII · FIL · D · G · RVSS · IMP · M · DVX MOSCOVIÆ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / OCCVPAT AVDENTEM · OUID · (he seized the audacious one, –adapted from Ovid), map fo the fortifications at Vyborg; above, eagle (Russia) attracking crane (Sweden); in two lines in exergue, WIBVRGVM EXPVG/D · 14 · IVN · S · V · (Vyborg taken on the 14th of June, O.S.). Moneta 60, 40 note; Iversen series XXVIII, p. 32. Superb EF, attractive brown surfaces, a few minor spots.