Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776

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Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776

Russian medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776, in contemporary box. Obverse: Bust of Catherine II facing right. Legend: 'Б . M . EКАТЕРИНА . II . IМПЕРАТ . И САМОДЕР Ж . ВСЕРОССЇЙС’. [By the Grace of God, Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All Russia'. Signed on truncation: 'C. ЮДИНЪ' [S. Yudin]. Reverse: Three putti holding a telescope and using a globe and dividers offer flowers to a figure representing Fame, who garlands a pillar on a plinth inscribed with the Royal Monogram. Legend: 'ЕЮ ПРОЦВБТУТЪ НАСАЖДЕНІИ ПЕТРОВЫ’. [Peter's Initiatives will bloom]. Exergue: ‘ЮБИЛЕИ . І . АКАД . НАУKЪ . ТОРЖЕСТВОВАНЪ . 1776’. [Jubilee of Academy of Sciences Celebrated on 1776]. Maker's initials 'I.G.I.' above exergue to right [J.C.G. Jaeger].

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Object Details

ID:	ZBA4668
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	medal
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Yudin, S.; J.G. Jaeger
Date made:	1725; 1775 1776 1783
People:	Tsarina Catherine II of Russia; Maskelyne, Nevil
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 52 mm x 60.3 g
Parts:	Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776 Box (ZBA4668.1)