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Nicholas I Pavlovich
Féodor Tolstoi (Russian (St. Petersburg), 1783–1873)
Russian
1826
Object Place: Russia
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 65 mm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number90.149
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Nicholas I Pavlovich (1796-1855), Tsar of Russia.
Obverse: Profile bust of Nicholas I looking to proper left; inscribed in Cyrillic at edge at edge ["His Imperial Majesty Nikolai I. Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russians"] and under bust ["G Theodor Tolstoi"].
Reverse: Helmeted woman wearing classical gown seated frontally on throne with a spear, shield, and an owl at proper left and holding a wreath in her right hand over a two-headed herme; inscribed in Cyrillic above ["To the founder and protectors"], on throne's plinth, and in exergue ["The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. December XXIX day. MDCCCXXVI."].
Obverse: Profile bust of Nicholas I looking to proper left; inscribed in Cyrillic at edge at edge ["His Imperial Majesty Nikolai I. Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russians"] and under bust ["G Theodor Tolstoi"].
Reverse: Helmeted woman wearing classical gown seated frontally on throne with a spear, shield, and an owl at proper left and holding a wreath in her right hand over a two-headed herme; inscribed in Cyrillic above ["To the founder and protectors"], on throne's plinth, and in exergue ["The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. December XXIX day. MDCCCXXVI."].
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic under bust ["G Theodor Tolstoi"] and at edge ["His Imperial Majesty Nikolai I. Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russians"].
Reverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic above ["To the founder and protectors"], on plinth, and in exergue ["The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. December XXIX day. MDCCCXXVI."].
Reverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic above ["To the founder and protectors"], on plinth, and in exergue ["The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. December XXIX day. MDCCCXXVI."].
ProvenanceBy 1890, Dr. Samuel Abbott Green; 1890, gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1890).