Watch List notes:

RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Catherine II, the Great, 1762-1796, AE klippe medal (23.97g), 1783, Diakov-199.6, Smirnow-298, 35x35 unsigned bronze klippe prize medal for Successes in Russian Philology, radiant monogram of Catherine the Great within laurel wreath, all within inner circle with Cyrillic legend around // owl seated on globe with cadaceus, key, and lyre, all on book on pedestal inscribed with two lines of Cyrillic text and date, all within inner circle with outer border of two concentric squares, much red, plain edge, AU. Photo size reduced.

Estimate: 350-450 USD