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Auction: 409 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 150

(Tsarist) Russia, Alexander II (1855-1881), Centennial of the Order of St George, AU Plated Bronze Medal, 1869, by V. Alexeev and P. Mescheryakov, conjoined busts left of Catherine the Great, crowned, and Alexander II, uniformed, signed on truncation, rev. Cross of the Order of St George, 71mm, 160.90g, (Diakov 760.1; Iversen Memorial Medals L11, Sm 704), some contact marks and fingermarked to otherwise brilliant fields, small patch of verdigris to reverse, portraits proudly struck-up and with pleasing intricate detail, nearing extremely fine


Estimate
$600 to $800

Starting price
$400