World Historical Medals
Lot 4048 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) World Historical Medals
Estimate $50
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SOLD $30
RUSSIA, (USSR), Praskovia Kovalyova and Count Nicholas Sheremetev, undated (1994), in bronze (61mm), obverse, busts of above half facing, reverse, royal palace built in 1792. Extremely fine.
Praskovia Kovalyova was a serf who became the lover of Count Nicholas Sheremetev, one of the wealthiest men in Russia, and later married him.
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