On the Altranstdt Peace Treaty,
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Weight | 18,62 гр |
Size | 37 мм |
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Inventory № | 251998 |

Obverse | ALTA PAX GENTEIS ALAT ENSESQVE LATEANT; Mercury holding caduceus flying l. above Leipzig; LIPSIA. |
Reverse | COGNATO SANGVINE VICTA.*; handshaking of Mars and Hercules staying on lying Discordia; PAX SVECIAM INTER ET/ POLONIAM PACTA/ ALT. RANSTAD./ MDCCVI.; signed P.H.M. |
Virg. Aen. XII, 29 - 31: | |
Edge | +IIDEM INTER SE POSITO CERTAMINE REGES FOEDERA IVNGEBANT. VIRG.* |
Verg. Aen. VIII, 639 - 641: post idem inter se posito certamine reges armati Iouis ante aram paterasque tenentes stabant et caesa iungebant foedera porca. | |
Literature | Hildebrand 1874, d. I (s. 535, № 99); Пискунова 1950 (№ 84); Russian Victories 2009, 160 |
August II the Strong; August II Mocny (Polish), Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Charles XII, Osherov Sergey Alexandrovich, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich, Charles XII (1697-1718), Altranstadt, Leipzig, Poland, Sweden, Hercules (Heracles), Discordia (Eris), Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Discord, panoram of city, armour, sword, helmet, coat, Aeneid, literary quotation, serpent, caduceus, lion's skin, club, ALTA PAX GENTEIS ALAT ENSESQVE LATEANT, COGNATO SANGVINE VICTA |