Auction Catalogue

7 & 8 September 2021

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Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

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Lot

№ 1424

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8 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

RUSSIA, Inauguration of the Monument cast from Turkish Cannon, St Petersburg, 1886, a bronze medal by A. Griliches Jr and Sr, conjoined heads of Alexander II and Alexander III right within oak and laurel wreath and legend, rev. view of monument, 72mm (Diakov 974.1; Smirnov 921). About extremely fine with chocolate brown toning on obverse, very rare £150-£200

The monument was cast from Turkish cannon captured during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-8