1696 AD

Россия
Peter I the Great
Establishment of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea
Medal Bronze 67
 SHH 4211

4211 Rossia 1969 Establishment Russian Navy in Black Sea Medal Bronze

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 93.5 g   66.8 mm   12:00 o'clock   EF
Laureate, draped, and armored bust of Peter I right;
engraver mark САМОИЛА // ЮДИН below fold of draping;
¤PETRVS•ALEXII•FILIVS•D•G•TZAR•ET•MAGNVS•DVX•TOTIVS•RVSSIÆ
Neptune, holding reins and trident, standing in seashell pulled right by two sea horses and being hailed by Russia standing left on pedestal to right, leaning upon rudder;
Russian shield on right; FACTA•PVTA•QVÆCVNQVE•IVBES•OVID
(consider complete that which you have commanded, –adapted from Ovid) clockwise above;
engraver mark I.G.W.F on pedestal; PRIMORDIA•RUSSICAE // CLASSIS•CICICCXCVI
(the origin of the Russian navy, middle C's retrograde) in two lines in exergue.
Bonze medal by Samuel. Judin and Jochan Georg Waechter.
Diakov 5.3; Iversen series IV, p. 3; Moneta 60, 4