Watch List notes:

RUSSIAN COINS AND MEDALS, Peter I, 1689-1725, Medal. Silver. 35.3 mm. Emperor Peter's Sojourn in Hamburg, 3-5 January 1713. Diakov 42.1 (R2), Reichel 1232 (R2), Iversen XXXVIII. "Jehovah" in radiant Hebrew letters at center, German legend around and in exergue: Behold the Guardian of Israel, who would not sleep nor doze / Ten-line German legend: Hamburg has Beheld the Tsar and four Armies stood before it in these days, Altona Scattered like Ashes. Let One Ponder This. Loop skillfully removed at 6:00. Lightly toned.Very fineDuring Magnus Stenbock's campaign in 1713, the Swedes systemically burned down the Danish city of Altona. (Altona adjoins Hamburg, and is now a borough of that city.) In retaliation, the Russians burned Swedish Pomerania's Wolgast, just east of Stralsrund.

Estimate: $1,500