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

Author

Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich

Materials

tin

Size

46 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich , 1983

Inventory №

251828

Obverse

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

Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M1)

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

Russian Victories 2009, 363

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