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Medal commemorating the creation of the Baltic fleet, 1703
Medal commemorating the creation of the Baltic fleet, 1703. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend: 'PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D . G . RVSS . IMP . M . DVX . MOSCOVIAE.' (Peter, the son of Alexis, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Russians, Grand Duke of Moscow.) Reverse: Neptune crowned standing on a shell, a trident in his right hand, driving three sea horses. Legend: 'FINNIA ECCE TRIDENTEM.' (Finland behold the trident.) Exergue: 'NAVIGATIONE IN MARI BALTNICO (sic) STABILITA.' (Navigation established in the Baltic.) A copy after P. H. Müller.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0409 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Iwanov, T.; M., A. |
| Places: | Russia |
| Events: | Creation of the Baltic Fleet, 1703 |
| Date made: | 1703 |
| People: | Tsar Peter I of Russia; Russian Navy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 47 mm |