Silver Medal of Catherine II of Russia, Saint Petersburg. 0000.999.53502

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 102.77
  • Diameter (in mm): 64

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1777
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Artist: Gass, Johann Balthasar
  • Artist: Jaeger, Johann Caspar

• Obverse

  • Legend: [In Russian] BY THE GRACE OF GOD CATHERINE.II.EMPRESS AND ALL-RUSSIAN AUTOCRAT
  • Type: Bust of Catherine II, crowned, to r.
  • Symbol: beneath bust truncation: I. B. GASS F.
  • Portrait: Catherine II of Russia

• Reverse

  • Legend: [In Russian] HEAVENLY GIFT/in ex: GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER/PAVLOVICH WAS BORN/DECEMBER 12/1777
  • Type: Empress holding an infant, stg. in front of burning altar; beneath, oval shield with imperial eagle
  • Symbol: above exergue line, at r.: I.G.I.

References

• Reference: Diakov.176.1
• Reference: Smirnov.282.(b)

Administrative History

• Identifier: 0000.999.53502
• Lot: 0000.999
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined