Triton XVIII, Lot: 1664. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Medal (38.3mm, 22.41 g, 12h). Novodel issue. For Bravery on Finnish Waters (Battle of Rochensalm). By T. Ivanov. Dated 13 August 1789. Б · M · EKATEPИHA · II · IMП И ICAMOД · BCEPOCC ·, crowned and draped bust right; · T · IBANOBЬ · below bust / ЗА/ХРАБРОСТЬ/НА ВОДАХЪ/ФИНСКИХЪ/АВГУСТА 13./1789 ГОДА · (For bravery on Finnish waters August 13 1789) in six lines across field. Diakov, Medals, 217.2; Bitkin M1346. VF, lightly toned, some light scrapes and scratches, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel.