Watch List notes:

SWEDEN. Karl XII. 1697–1718. AR Medal (44.5mm, 28.44 g, 12h). On the Battle of Poltava (27 June 1709 OS) and the Flight of Charles XII to the Ottoman Empire. By P.-H. Müller. Undated, but struck 1709. CAROLVS XII D G REX SVE, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right; P · H · M · on truncation of arm; tick stops / PER AMICA SILENTIA LVNAE, sleeping lion left on ground; overhanging tree to right; in background, country building and mountains; above, night sky with crescent moon, stars, and clouds; OCVLIS DORMI =/TAT APERTIS in two lines in exergue. Hildebrand I 147; IMEANS 1684 . EF, toned, a few field marks.


From the RAJ Collection. Ex Künker 194 (26 September 2011), lot 2628.