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LOT 4285
Russia. Nicholas II CU Medal. Dated 1912. Alexander III Memorial.
АЛЕКСАНДРЪ III ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОССIЙСКIЙ * around, РОДИЛСЯ 26 ФЕВРАЛЯ 1845 ГОДА to left and ВЪ БОЗѢ ПОЧИЛЪ 20 ОКТ. 1894 ГОДА to right of head of Emperor Alexander III to left; ΑΓ in small lettering on truncation / СООРУЖЕНЪ ЛЮБОВЬЮ НАРОДА and ВЪ МОСКВѢ in two lines to left, ИМПЕРАТОРОМЪ НИКОЛАЕМЪ II and ОТКРЫТЪ ВЪ 1912 Г. in two lines to right of Alexander III Memorial. Bitkin M333(R1). Almost Uncirculated. Rare.(21.00gr, 34mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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