441, Lot: 574. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. Æ Medal (77.5mm, 154.90 g, 12h). By Nikolai Pimneov and Ivan Chykmasov. Dated 1859. ИMПEPATOPУ NIKOЛAЮ ПEPBOMУ НEЗAБBEHOMУ БЛАГОДҌTEЛЮ КУПЕЧЕСТВА., draped bust of Nikolai I Pavlovich set on engraved pedestal and cordoned off by garlanded ropes; all within classical aedicula; CAHKT – ПЕТЕРБУРГCKOE БИPЖEBOE/КУПЕЧЕСТВO/BOЗДВИГЛО ЛҌTA 1859 in three lines below; N. ПИМЕНОВЪ and ИВ. ЧУКМАСОВЪ P. on truncation of ground line / View of the Stock Exchange and rostral columns from the Vasilievsky Island Spit; ИВ. ЧУКМАСОВЪ P. on truncation of ground line. Diakov 682.1. EF, once cleaned, now retoning.