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Medals of Anna
Unique Coronation Medal of Anna from
the Grand Duke’s Collection
to 2x
2038
2038
2038
Medal. GOLD. 43 mm. 41.13 gm. By A. Schultz and L. Dmitriev.
On the
Coronation of Anna Ioanovna, 1730
. Diakov 69.9 (R5), Sm 218/a. Crowned and
mantled bust right, S.F. on truncation / Anna receiving scepter and orb from
Faith and Fortune, as the goddess of Love crowns her, initials L.D. on groundline.
About uncirculated
$ 200,000
Ex ”Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Collection Sale”’, Hess, Luzern, October 25, 1939, lot 115
Ex ”The Important Collection of Grand Duke George Michailovitch of Russia”, Christie’s, London, July 3, 1950,
lot 315 (the diagnostics of the medal are clear in the Christie’s plate image, but not in the Hess catalog) Diakov –
plate medal.