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Other coins from this collection This coin is not for sale or trade Added on: 05-Aug-2009
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Description:
Medal commemorating the capture of Narva, 1704.
Bust of Peter I, laureated, cuirassed, and draped, r.
obverse legend: PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D. G. RVSS . IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE [PETER ALEXEEVICH BY THE GRACE OF GOD RUSSIAN EMPEROR AND GRAND DUKE OF MOSCOW]
reverse type: View of Narva bombarded by Russian artillery batteries, Ivan-Gorod to left of Narva River
reverse legend: CeCIdere ab orIgIne prIma . lvcert/in ex: NARVA VI CAPTA / 9 . AUG . ST. V. [Separated from their roots. Lucretius./
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Europe
XF (Extra Fine) 1704 |
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Comments:
Author - alexbq2
Comment: This medal is part of the series ordered by Peter the Great in Germany, from Phillipp Heinrich Mueller, a well-known medal die-cutter from Augsburg, to commemorate Russian victories in the war with Sw
Date: 05-Aug-2009
Author - alexbq2
Comment: with Sweden of 1702-1714. However, this specimen is a later copy executed by Timofey Ivanov, who was active as a die-cutter at St. Petersburg Mint from 1750 through 1796.
Date: 05-Aug-2009
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