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A RUSSIAN GOLD MEDAL FOR DISTINCTION ALEXANDER III, 1887

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Start price: $12,000

Estimated price: $17,000 - $22,000

Buyer's premium:

Gold medal 1900, by A. Griliches. Obverse: the head of Alexander III on looking right. Reverse Vine plants lit by the sun. In highlight, the date presents the last digit in the hollow. Ø 50.6mm.; 74.96g. Cf. Diakov 907.3 (obverse) and 1140.2 (reverse).

It is an interesting reward medal, the obverse die with the effigy of Alexander III was associated with a reverse die engraved under Nicholas II.

D: 2 in., (5 cm.)

Condition: GV.