Description

Bronze medal n. d. (1767), 50.30 g. On the Permission of tax-free import of bread from Livonia and Estonia to St. Petersburg. Dies by T. Ivanov and G. C. Waechter. Crowned and mantled bust of Catherine II, signed below. Rv. Mercury holding a caduceus and Ceres with a sheaf of wheat by the seashore holding hands; a sailing ship in the background; initial W. above exergue to right. Probably struck in the 19th century. 51.6 mm. Diakov 133.1. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned. Abschlag von leicht korrodierten Stempeln / Struck with slightly corroded dies.