Lot 3807
Russia. Alexander I, 1801-25. 1803 AE Medal, 65.3mm, by C. Leberecht. Honoring P.G. Demidov, founder of the Academy of Higher Sciences in his native town of Yaroslavl on the Volga River. During the period from 1803 to 1806, he donated nearly 4,000 coins and medals to the Imperial University of Moscow, including a group of rare Swedish coins and medals dating from the 16th to the 18th century coming from the former collection of Swedish numismatist Elias Brenner (1647-1717). The university collections survived the Napoleonic Wars and eventually found their way to the numismatic collections of the Pushkin State Museum. Diakov-283.1. Some light obverse spotting and traces of an old collector number "33" in the left obverse field, otherwise Extremely Fine and scarce.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized $3,910 |
