Russian Coins

Lot 2415    Session 8 (2.30pm Thursday)    Russian Coins

Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $320

RUSSIA, Catherine II, copper medal 64mm, by I G. Jaeger, to the Prime Minister Betskoy, as a gift, 1772, obv. bust of Betskoy to right, rev. date 20 November 1772, column and female seated with figures; Alexander II - Alexander III, various bronze medals, Cathederal of St. Isaac in St. Petersburg, built 1717-1727, 60mm, issued in 1858, by Jacques Wiener, obv. exterior of the church, rev. interior of the church; memorial medal to the mathematicm Lobachevsky at Kasan University, 1895, obv. facing bust, rev. inscription; The Fedor Petrovich Litke medal to the Scientific Georgraper, from the Russian Geographical Society, not dated (c.1900), 50mm, by V.A, obv. Litke head right, rev. globe with maps and telescope; the medal in memory of the portrait artist A.P.Bogolyubov (1841-1891), 46mm, obv.bust to left, rev. palate with anchor with image of sailing ship on the palate. First good fine, others extremely fine or better all very scarce. (5)