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Sold on 17 September 2019

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A Collection of Russian Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 545

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17 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£1,300

Russia, Anna (1730-40), Victory at Azov, 1736, a silver medal by P.P. Werner, anna ivanowna d g rvssiæ imperatrix, crowned bust right, rev. occidentem respicit et orientem, Russian eagle atop pedestal, female figure with horse to left, Oriental figure with camel to right, pace evrop promota tartaris vict tanai liberato 1736 in exergue, 43mm, 29.04g (Diakov 76.1). Some contact marks, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-£1,800

Provenance: Glendining/Spink Auction, 9-10 June 1976, lot 538