Auction: 409 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 150A
PCGS MS61 | (Tsarist) Russia, Alexander II (1855-1881), Large Gold Medal for Military Bravery [Established 1807], issued for service in the Crimean and Russo-Turkish War [1877/78], by N. Kozin, bare head left, signed below, rev. ?A XPA?POCT?, bar below, 51mm. 69.3g (Diakov 635.2 [R5]; Bitkin 898; Iversen, Medals XVII/I; Sm 562/a), struck without integral loop, with some friction hairlines in field, and a minute test mark on edge, otherwise brilliant, much as struck, and EXCESSIVELY RARE, in PCGS holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #58749927)
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/58749927
Estimate
$25,000 to $35,000
Starting price
$24000