Peter I. Coronation of Catherina I, 18 May 1724.
Bronze commemorative medal. Unsigned. 60 mm. 81,2 gr. R2. Good XF. Diakov 60.2; Iversen LV-4b.

Obverse with a laureate and armoured bust of Tsar Peter I and a bust of Catherine wearing a dress and brooch. Along the edge the inscription ИЕТРЪ · ІМПЕРАТОРЪ ЕКАТЕРИНА · ІМПЕРАТРИЦА (Peter Emperor, Catherine Empress).
Reverse with the crowning scene. Peter I is holding the imperial crown above the curtsying Catherine. The coronation took place in the cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin, Moscow. Behind Peter, the trone with canopy, and behind Catherine a – probably - artistic impression of one of the characteristic columns of the cathedral. Along the edge the inscription КОРОНОВАНА ВМОСКВБ (crowned in Moscow) with the date 1724 in exergue.

Catherine I (1684-1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter I. She was crowned as Empress of Russia on 7 May 1724 (18 May O.S.) and ruled from 1725 to 1727, the year in which she died.

Lit: Diakov1, 200-204; Iversen, 58-59; Massie 758-760.