61. A Large Silver Commemorative Medal, Russia, circa 1903

Celebrating the bicentennial of St. Petersburg, cast with busts of Nicholas II and Peter the Great on recto, the verso cast with a figure of Mother Russia holding a shield bearing the St. Petersburg coat of arms in one hand, a laurel coronet in the other, bourne on clouds accompanied by the imperial eagle, over the skyline of St. Petersburg, bearing the dates 1703-1903, inscribed on the rim "In Memory of the Foundation of the City of St. Petersburg, May 16", together with a fitted red leather case bearing the St. Petersburg coat of arms. 2 1/2" d.

800/1,200

Condition: excellent.