v16_1162 - RUSSIA - ELIZABETH Rouble 1755 Saint-Pétersbourg
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
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Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Rouble
Date: 1755
Mint name / Town : Saint-Pétersbourg
Quantity minted : 1836375
Metal : silver
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,25 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief (de l'atelier de Saint-Pétersbourg)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce rouble est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Les reliefs présentent une usure sur les parties les plus hautes. Monnaie ayant été anciennement astiquée et recouverte d’une légère patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé d'Élisabeth à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Élisabeth impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale surmontée de trois couronnes impériales ; dans ses serres le globe et le sceptre ; sur sa poitrine l'écusson aux armes de Moscou (saint Georges à cheval, à droite). Autour de l'écu la grande chaîne de l'ordre de Saint-André. R-I de part et d'autre de la queue de l'aigle.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie rouble, 1755).
Historical background
RUSSIA - ELIZABETH
(05/12/1741-05/01/1762)
Elisabeth (28/12/1709-05/01/1762) is the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. She ascended the throne following a military plot which overthrew the young Ivan III (1740-1741) who was assassinated at the beginning of the reign of Catherine II. She received the title of "Clemente" for sparing the supporters of the deposed tsar. The Treaty of Abo in 1743 ended the Swedish war and gave Finland to Russia for the first time. During the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Russia allied with Austria against Prussia. The Russians defeated the Prussians at Künersdorf in 1759. Elizabeth's death saved Frederick II of Prussia from defeat. Elisabeth continued her father's reforming work and was a friend of the arts by founding the University of Moscow and the Academy of Fine Arts. As early as 1742, she had chosen her nephew, Pierre, to succeed her.
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