Coins and Medals Department, Pushkin
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Capture of Nyenschantz ,
May 1 (12), 1703

Author

Klimov (or Klimentov) Vasiliy

Materials

silver

Weight

42,46 гр

Size

47,5 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich, 1983

Inventory №

251710

Obverse

PETRVS ALEXIIFIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVXMOSCOVIAE.

Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right

Signed: .V.K. (Vasilii Klimov) (in Russian)

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.

Notes

Copy

Original author

Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich

Literature

Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 108); Shchukina 2002 (p. 29); Russian Victories 2009, 224

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