Foreign Medals, Russia, Catherine I (1725-1727), Coronation in Moscow, copper medal, 1724, unsigned copy of the medal by J. G. Waechter, conjoined busts of Peter I and Catherine r., he laureate, rev. Peter stands beside his throne and crowns the Empress, 60mm. (Diakov 60.2), usual die flaw on obverse, good extremely fine, the reverse in exquisite detail and with traces of redness
Catherine, the second wife of Peter the Great, was to rule jointly for only a year and then on her own for a further two.
(300-350 GBP)