CNG 88, Lot: 2016. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Veliky (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. Æ Medal (60mm, 97.25 g, 12h). Commemorating Petr’s Visit to the Paris Mint. By J. Du Vivier. Dated 1717 in Roman numerals. PETRVS ALEXIEWITZ TZAR MAG. RUSS. IMP., ermine-mantled and draped bust right / VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO (his presence draws support), Fame flying left toward rising sun, sounding into one trumpet, to which is attached a banner of St. Georgy, while holding another trumpet; in two lines in exergue, LUTET. PARISI./M.D.CC.XVII. Diakov 52.1; Moneta 60, -; Iversen series XLVII, p. 48. Good VF, brown patina, a few marks.

Ex Baldwin’s 68 (28 September 2010), lot 3117.