Watch List notes:

Foreign Medals, Russia, Peter I, the Great (1682-1725), the building of the harbour at Taganrog, by Captain Matwey Simontoff, oval copper medal, 1713, copy of S. Gouin's medal by the medallist I. H., armoured bust of Peter I r., rev. a bird's eye view of the citadel and harbour, legend with dedication to Captain Simontoff, 41.5 x 37mm. (Diakov 29.4), extremely fine
Taganrog was founded by Peter the Great in 1698 on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, Russia's first warm-water harbour.
(200-250 GBP)