On the Narva Victory of Swedish army,
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Size | 40 мм |
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Inventory № | 251984 |

Obverse | Bust of Charles XII r. wearing cuirass and mantle, below, H; around, CAROLVS XII. - D.G. REX SVECIAE. |
Reverse | Allegory of Victory seated on the trophies l. and holding palm-branch and wreaths, below, lost two Russian soldiers, behind, view of Narva and Ivan-gorod; around, TANDEM BONA CAVSA TRIVMPHAT*; in exergue, OB RVSSOS FVGATOS/ ET NARVAM LIBE - / RAT. 1700. |
* Incription 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 | Hildebrand 1874, d. I (s. 503, № 45a); Пискунова 1950 (№ 14); Russian Victories 2009, 153 |
Charles XII, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich, Hautsch Georg, Charles XII (1697-1718), Ivangorod, Narva, Sweden, Victory, soldier, armour, chain armor, helmet, battery, Russians, kaftan, mantle, cap, Psalms, aphorism, literary quotation, TANDEM BONA CAVSA TRIVMPHAT |