Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2408. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas I. 1825-1855. AR Medal (29.67 g, 12h). Russian Imperial Horticultural Society (St. Petersburg Department) Medal for Labor in Horticulture. Alexander Ljalin, engraver. ND (struck circa 1840-1855). “For Labor in Horticulture” in Russian, Flora standing facing, head right, holding cornucopiae and wreath; farming implements and basket of produce behind / “The Russian Imperial Horticultural Society, St. Petersburg Department” in Russian in five lines across fields, star above, all within wreath of fruits and grains. Smirnov 626d. Good VF, toned.

Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 2361.