Live auction - fwo_416727 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I Rouble 1842 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 125 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 17:12:36 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Rouble
Date: 1842
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21 g.
Edge : décorée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné timbré d'un écu aux armes de Moscou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende cyrillique dans une couronne formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de chêne surmontée d'une petite couronne.
Commentary
Nicolas Ier (7/07/1796-2/03/1855), second fils de Paul Ier, est le frère d'Alexandre Ier et du grand-duc Constantin. À la mort de son frère Alexandre Ier, le 1er décembre 1825, et après le renoncement de son frère Constantin, il devient tsar de toutes les Russies et commence par réprimer le mouvement libéral des Décembristes puis le soulèvement de Pologne en 1831. Après avoir favorisé la libération de la Grèce, il se pose comme un défenseur des Slaves et s'oppose aux Turcs. Il trouve sur sa route les Anglais et les Français. Il meurt avant la défaite de la guerre de Crimée.
Historical background
RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I
(1/12/1825-2/03/1855)
Nicholas I (7/07/1796-2/03/1855), second son of Paul I, is the brother of Alexander I and Grand Duke Constantin. On the death of his brother Alexander I, on December 1, 1825, and after the renunciation of his brother Constantine, he became Tsar of all the Russias and began by repressing the liberal movement of the Decembrists and then the uprising in Poland in 1831. After favoring the liberation of Greece, he poses as a defender of the Slavs and opposes the Turks. He finds on his way the English and the French. He died before the defeat of the Crimean War.
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