Lot 2122
Elizabeth, 1741, Extremely Rare Opening of Kronstadt Naval Dockyard Medal in GoldMedal in the weight of 50 Ducats. GOLD. Elizabeth, 1741, Extremely Rare Opening of Kronstadt Naval Dockyard Medal in GoldMedal in the weight of 50 Ducats. GOLD. 64.7 mm. 173.48 gm. By Georg Christian Waechter. Opening of the Naval Dockyard in Kronstadt, 1752. Diakov 93.1 (R5), Tiregal 81, Reichel 2205, Sm --. Crowned and draped bust of Elizabeth r., wearing jeweled brooch and mantle adorned with Russian eagles, signed G. WAECHTER.F. below, Latin legend around / View of the docks at Kronstadt, a ship under construction in the foreground, a canal behind with bridge and locks, numerous ships further out in the harbor canal, three-masted ship under full sail out in the open sea; PERFICIT PARENTIS OPVS ("Completed the work of her father") around; NAVALI CRONSTAD DEDICATO D XXX IVL MDCCLII ("Kronstadt Naval Dockyard Dedicated 30 July 1752") in ex. Exceedingly rare and among the rarest of all Russian 18th Century Gold Medals -- missing in the Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich Sales. Lovely strike.Choice brilliant uncirculatedEx "50 Numismatic Rarities" Auction 50, UBS, Basel, Jan. 30, 2001, lot 34 Ex Hess-Leu Auction 40, Luzern, April 23-24, 1969, lot 372.
Estimated Value $200,000-UP.
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