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Nystadt Peace Treaty between Russia and Sweden,
August 30 (September 10), 1721

Author

Unknown medallist of 18th cent.

Materials

tin

Size

60 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich , 1983

Inventory №

251934

Obverse

UNITED BY PEACE ALLIANCE (in Russian)

Noah's Ark in the sea, above it - a dove with olive branch flying left. In the sky a rainbow connecting to cities on the opposite sides of the sea,  with inscriptions: S.PETERSBURG and STOCKHOLM (in Russian)

In exergue: AT NYSTADT AFTER/ THE TORRENT OF THE NORTHERN/ WAR 1721. (in Russian)  

Reverse

[TO THE] G[REAT] AND G[OD FEARING], F[ORTUNATE]/ TO SOVEREIGN PETER I/ IN NAME AND DEEDS/ TO THE GREAT/ RUSSIAN EMPEROR/ AND FATHER/ WHO IN TWO DECADES OF TRIUMPH/ SUBDUED THE NORTH/ THIS [MEDAL] STRUCK FROM HOME GOLD/ MEDAL/ IS RESPECTFULLY PRESEN/ TED (in Russian)

Literature

Russian Victories 2009, 485

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