Heritage Auctions, Inc. Auction #3044 Лот №30633

Аукцион: Heritage Auctions, Inc. Auction #3044

Лот: 30633

Завершен: 04.01.2016

Russia: Death of Peter I bronzed copper Piefort Novodel

Death of Peter I bronzed copper Piefort Novodel Specimen Jeton_x000D_ 1725 SP64 PCGS, issued on the death of Emperor Peter I,_x000D_ Bit-Ж3890 var., Diakov-63.11 var., 7.65g, 22.8mm. This piece is a_x000D_ piefort, and it is not listed as such in any reference,_x000D_ also, we can find no sales, or listings of this piece in piefort._x000D_ Even the few silver pieces that we have seen offered in past sales_x000D_ weighed less than 3 grams. Obv. Crowned baldachin over a crowned_x000D_ coffin. Rev. Seven-line inscription. Impeccably struck on a very_x000D_ thick flan, with iridescent, reddish-brown patina and prooflike_x000D_ fields. A truly special variety of this issue mourning the death of_x000D_ Peter the Great, Possibly Unique?