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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 538

Russia, Alexander III (1881-1894), Coronation 1883, large gold medal by S. Vazhenin and A.G. Griliches, conjoined heads of Alexander and Maria Feodorovna right, signed on truncation c.b.p., rev. Imperial eagle, signed below A...P., 65mm., 171g. (Diakov 931.1 - R4; Smirnov 873a), extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 30,000-40,000 provenance A Tkalec AG, 7 May 2009, lot 323, where the provenance was given as ex collection Prince Nikolay Alexevich Orlov (1827-1885). Diakov lists this medal in gold, silver and bronze, but while he records examples in silver and bronze, he cannot record an example in gold.

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