fme_1066066 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Médaille, Victoire de la mer d’Égée
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Type : Médaille, Victoire de la mer d’Égée
Date: 1770
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 91 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 238,67 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille argentée, fortement nettoyée, présentant des traces de manipulation dans les champs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Dia153.1
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé et casqué du comte Orlov, tenant un bâton de commandement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CYRILLIQUE).
Reverse description : Plan de la mer d’Égée, dans la baie de Tschesmé (Chesme) avec les flottes russes et turques en position.
Historical background
RUSSIA - CATHERINE II
(07/17/1762-11/17/1796)
Catherine (2/05/1729-17/11/1796) was the greatest tsarina after Peter the Great. She succeeded her husband, Pierre III, who was deposed in 1762 before being assassinated by the Orloff brothers. His very long reign brought Russia into the "Age of Enlightenment". Friend of the philosophers including Diderot from whom she bought his library, liberal, she nevertheless reinforced the despotism and the nationalization of Russia. She fought against the Turks and was an opponent of the French Revolution.
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