Capture of Nyenschantz ,
May 1 (12), 1703

Author	Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich
Materials	silver
Weight	51,51 гр
Size	45 мм
Provenance	From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich, 1983
Inventory №	251708

Obverse	PETRVS ALEXIIFIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVXMOSCOVIAE. Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right Signed: M (Muller)
Reverse	SIC MAGNIS CEDIT. OVID.* Warrior with a spear and a key, standing facing left and leaning against crumbling wall. In the background topographic plan of the fortress and fortification in a valley with a river: NEВA FL. In exergue: CASTRVM NOVVM CAPT./ ET DESTR.D. 14 MAI./ S.V.
	Ovid. Metam. XV, 855: Sic magnus cedit titulus Agamemnonis Atreus.
Notes	Plan of Nyenschantz fortress is reproduction of engraving plan by P.Tamesh from "Book of Mars"

Literature	Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 22); Shchukina 2006 (№ 9); Пискунова 1950 (№ 41); Russian Victories 2009, 219
Keywords	Unknown engraver, Publius Ovidius Naso, Peter I, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Shervinskiy Sergey Vasilievich, Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich, Peter I (1682-1725), Moscovia, Neva, Nyenschantz, Russia, soldier, armour, spear, fortress, plan of fortress, helmet, mantle, laurel wreath, Metamorphoses, literary quotation, chronogram, borrowing from an engraving, type of portrait by Mller (M 1), key, SIC MAGNIS CEDIT. OVID.

PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF NYENSCHANTZ. MAY 1, 1703.

Author	Unknown engraver of the St.Peterburg printing-office
Size	267x331, 219x295
Provenance	Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924)
Inventory №	Гр-6537