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Russian medals, Alexander II, Coronation, 1856, a silver medal by A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin, bust right, rev. crowned double-headed eagle, 64mm, 122.30g (Diakov 653.1; Iversen VII/1). Trifling surface marks on obverse and a small reverse edge nick at 3 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, the obverse dark-toned, rare [Plate I] £2,000-2,500

Illustrated on the Plates as Lot 945