Obverse: PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D. G. RVSS . IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE[PETER ALEXEEVICH BY THE GRACE OF GOD RUSSIAN EMPEROR AND GRAND
DUKE OF MOSCOW] - Bust of Peter I, laureated, cuirassed, and draped, r.
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 Sweden of 1702-1714. However, our specimen is a
later copy executed by Timofey Ivanov, who was active as a die-cutter at St. Petersburg Mint from 1750 through 1796.
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License: Public Domain Mark (images)
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