Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 23rd September 2020

Lot 1070

Imperial Russia: Nicholas I

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £5000

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Description

Imperial Russia: Nicholas I, Completion of the Blagoveschensk Bridge 1850, a silver medal by A. Klepikov and A. Lyalin, 75 mm, the bridge with Imperial Eagle overhead, rev. Hercules and Minerva bridging, with his club, a stream proceeding from the mouth of a jar, against which a female figure reclines with a spade, cased, extremely fine or nearly so.