On the Narva Victory of Swedish army,
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Weight | 27,27 гр |
Size | 40 мм |
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Inventory № | 251986 |

Obverse | Bust of Charles XII r. wearing wig, cuirass and mantle, below, P.H.M.; around, CAROLVS D.G.- REX SVECIAE. |
Reverse | Allegory of Victory seated on the trophies l. and holding palm-branch and wreaths, below, two lost Russian soldiers, behind, view of Narva and Ivan-gorod; around, TANDEM BONA CAVSA TRIVMPHAT*; in exergue, OB RVSSOS FVGATOS/ ET NARVAM LIBE - / RAT. 1700. |
Inscription contains latin aphorism: «Bona causa triumphat». | |
Edge | A DOMINO FACTVM EST ISTVD.ET EST MIRABILE IN OCVLIS NOSTRIS *. |
Ps. 117:23. A Domino factum est istud et hoc mirabile in oculis nostris. | |
Literature | Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 51); Hildebrand 1874, d. I (s. 503, № 45); Пискунова 1950 (№ 13); Russian Victories 2009, 151 |