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Auction 33 9 January 2014
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RUSSIAN MEDALS. Medals of Alexander II. Medal. Bronze. 79 mm. By A. Lyalin and V. Alexeev. On the Consecration of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, 1858. Diakov 677.1, Sm 617. Central medallic portrait of Peter the Great, smaller medallic portraits of Catherine the Great, Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II around, oak branches in angles / View of the Cathedral, legend around. Minor marks. Extremely fine
At the time it was built, St. Isaac's Cathedral was the largest church in Russia. It was dedicated to St. Isaac of Dalmatia, the patron saint of Peter the Great who was born on his feast day.
Estimate: US$ 500
At the time it was built, St. Isaac's Cathedral was the largest church in Russia. It was dedicated to St. Isaac of Dalmatia, the patron saint of Peter the Great who was born on his feast day.
Estimate: US$ 500