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Auction: 7010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 228

Russia, Peter the Great (1689-1725), AV award medal, 22.68g, 10 January, 1702, struck from the dies for a Half-Ruble to the weight of 7-Ducats, laureate, draped cuirassed and ermined bust right, inscription around Tsar Peter Alexeexich Ruler of all Russia, beaded border, small collector´s mark of an incuse barred c in field behind head, rev. crown over ornate double eagle, inscription around In 1702nd year, January, 10th day, beaded border ( CRM.20; Diakov 11.3, apparently this piece (R5 in gold); F.81; JRNS 24 (Autumn 1986), p.23, 2 (6 examples recorded, and a silver novodel); Reichel 917; Sev. (gold) 6, Sev. (silver) 68, this coin illustrated; Smirnov-), some minor surface marks, small dent on cheek, extremely fine to good extremely fine, excessively rare Estimate £ 15,000-25,000 provenance: Grand Duke Mikhailovich collection Count Hutten-Czapski collection Hess, Lucerne, 1939, lot 52, proposed sale Christie´s, 3-4 July 1950, lot 281 (bought by L. Forrer for £48) < R>Bought SBV Basel, 22nd May, 1973, with illustrated certificate. Severin quotes Schubert and Chizhov as stating: "Probably struck for Te Deum sung that day in the Cathedral of the Assumption, celebrating Count Boris Sheremetiev´s victory near Errastfer and Dorpat" The certificate states as follows (translation) : The countermark - a small c to the left of the bust - is regarded as a sign that this item comes from the Hutten-Czapski collection of Warsaw. It was sold in about 1883 / 84 to Grand Duke George Michailovich of St. Petersburg. After the revolution, the GM collection was dispersed across Europe and one part of it was intended to be auctioned in 1939 at the auctioneers Hess in Lucerne. The above-mentioned item is listed under number 52 in this catalogue. However, due to the outbreak of World War II, the planned auction did not take place, and the coin was only sold in 1950 in London. The coin passed through the hands of several collectors and finally came to us. What marks this coin as particularly special is the fact that it actually comes from the famous Hutten-Czapski collection and passed through the hands of one of the most famous Russian collectors, i.e. GM, which obviously gives this coin an exceptional pedigree. We estimate that it is highly unlikely that more than 8 specimens exist and that this coin thus represents a supreme example of Russian numismatics. We warrant that this information is correct and hope this is of assistance to you. SCHWEIZERISCHER BANKVEREIN Numismatic Department

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