Bronze Medal, Leningrad. 2000.16.158

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 136.551
  • Diameter (in mm): 65

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1958
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Artist: Eshba, M.E.
  • Maker: Leningrad Mint
  • Maker: Moscow Mint

• Geographic

  • Place of Production: Leningrad
  • Place of Production: Moscow
  • Place of Issue: Moscow

• Obverse

  • Legend: MOSCOW in ex.
  • Type: Mason, standing behind brick wall, facing front, holding trowel in r. hand and brick in l.: behind, on r., Moscow highrises and tree branches.

• Reverse

  • Type: Monument of Minin and Pozharskiy with St. Basil's Cathedral in background on l. and Kremlin on r.
  • Symbol: ESHBA 1958

References

• Reference: Shkurko.162

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2000.16.158
• Lot: 2000.16
• 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