CORONATION MEDAL
Creator(s): Saint Petersburg Mint (Manufacturer) , Robert Romanovich Hanneman (Medalist) , Vasily Vladimirovich Alekseev (Medalist)
Currently in storage
About this object
On obverse is head of Alexander II facing to the right and with inscription. On reverse is the double headed eagle with three imperial crowns and coat of arms and inscription.
- Object name:
- CORONATION MEDAL
- Made from:
- Gold
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1856
- Size:
- 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.44
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURES В . АЛЕКСЪЕВЪ [V. Alekseev in Cyrillic, under profile]; Р . ГАННЕМАНЪ Р. [R. Hanneman c[arved], in Cyrillic, under double-headed eagle] INSCRIPTIONS Б. М. Александръ II Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всеросс. / Коронован в Москве / 1856. [B. M. Aleksandr Imperator II i Samoderžec Vseross. / Koronovan v Moskve / 1856 in Cyrillic, around profile. Trans.: B. M. Alexander II the Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia / Crowned in Moscow / 1856.]; Съ нами Богъ [S nami Bog in Cyrillic, around double-headed eagle. Trans.: God is with us] COAT OF ARMS Russian Imperial coat of arms [double-headed eagle]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973