Coins and Medals Department, Pushkin
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Capture of Pernov,
August 14 (25), 1710

Author

Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich

Materials

silver

Weight

39,82 гр

Size

46 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich , 1983

Inventory №

251829

Obverse

PETRVS ALEXII FIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE.

Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M3)

Signed: M (Muller)

Reverse

REMEANTE DIE VICTRICIA SIGNA. SIL.*

Minerva standing right, holding city crown and laurel branch above plan of fortress 

In exergue: PERNAVIVM./ CAPT. D. 21 AVG./ ST.V.

Comments

* Sil. Pun. XV. 810-813:
Iamque diem solisque uices nox abstulit atra,
cum vires parco victu somnoque reducunt,
ac nondum remeante die victricia signa,
qua ventum, referunt clausis formidine castris.

Literature

Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 41); Shchukina 2006 (№ 125); Russian Victories 2009, 362

Keywords

PLAN OF SIEGE OF PERNOV FORTRESS, AUGUST 14, 1710

Print N 15 from the "Book of Mars" (1st edition)

Author

Unknown engraver of the St.Peterburg printing-office

Size

256x336; 208x288

Provenance

Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924)

Inventory №

Гр-6564