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Auction 1001 22 Apr 2022
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Catherine II. For usefulness.
Silver octagonal award medal. Signed by T. Ivanov and S. Yudin. Soldered loop. 34x34 mm. 13,4 gr. R1. Good VF. Diakov 234.1.
Obverse with a crowned, and draped, bust of Catherina II. Signed by Т·ІВАНОВЪ (T. Ivanov).
Reverse with a bee landing on a rose bush with a beehive to the right. Above the bee is the inscription ПОЛЕЗНОЕ (useful). Near the lower right corner is the signature Ю of the engraver Samuel Yudin (Judin), a Russian medallist during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was born in 1730 in St. Petersburg where he entered the School of Engraving.
Lit: Diakov2, 241.
Silver octagonal award medal. Signed by T. Ivanov and S. Yudin. Soldered loop. 34x34 mm. 13,4 gr. R1. Good VF. Diakov 234.1.
Obverse with a crowned, and draped, bust of Catherina II. Signed by Т·ІВАНОВЪ (T. Ivanov).
Reverse with a bee landing on a rose bush with a beehive to the right. Above the bee is the inscription ПОЛЕЗНОЕ (useful). Near the lower right corner is the signature Ю of the engraver Samuel Yudin (Judin), a Russian medallist during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was born in 1730 in St. Petersburg where he entered the School of Engraving.
Lit: Diakov2, 241.