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Nicholas I
Russian
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 66 mm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James A. Ryan
Accession Number33.8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Nicholas I (1796-1855), tsar of Russia.
Obverse: Bust of Nicholas I looking to proper right; inscribed in Cyrillic at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Crowned woman seated at proper left against a male lion on a plinth, holding a disk in left hand and a wreath with right hand over a man kneeling at proper right with a pick in his hand and tools at his feet; inscribed in Cyrillic above, on plinth, and below in a band.
Obverse: Bust of Nicholas I looking to proper right; inscribed in Cyrillic at edge and under bust.
Reverse: Crowned woman seated at proper left against a male lion on a plinth, holding a disk in left hand and a wreath with right hand over a man kneeling at proper right with a pick in his hand and tools at his feet; inscribed in Cyrillic above, on plinth, and below in a band.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic at edge and under bust "GUBE.FECT.".
Reverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic above, on plinth, and below in band.
Reverse: Inscribed in Cyrillic above, on plinth, and below in band.
ProvenanceBy 1933, James A. Ryan; 1933, gift of James A. Ryan to MFA. (Accession Date: January 5, 1933)