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Medal - Peter I Foundation of St. Petersburg 1703
| Location | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1703 |
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| Period | Imperial Russia |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Peter I to right, with flowing hair, wearing a draped mantle over plate armor with ornate shoulder decoration. A circular Latin legend runs along the rim reading PETRVS ALEXII FIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIE. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical composition depicting Minerva seated at left holding a model of a fortress and Mercury seated at right with caduceus, both resting on clouds and jointly supporting a central oval medallion bearing a laureate portrait bust of Peter I inscribed CZAR PET. ALEXII F. Below, a bird's-eye plan of the Peter and Paul Fortress labeled S. PETERSBVRG is depicted, with a distant cityscape behind. The upper field legend reads HAEO FORTIA MCENIA CONDIT and the lower exergue inscription reads PETRIEBVRGI PORTV ET NAVALE. |
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