Sweden (Related to Estonia) Silver Medal 1700 - Victory at Narva, 20 November - Karl XII (1697–1718)

18.04g. 36mm. VF/VF. Ex jewelry. 

Medaliers: Georg Friedrich Nürnberger and Martin Brunner (monogram MB in truncation and at lion's paw).

Delzanno (SKM) 75a (Ag), 8000 SEK for XF, RR - 6-10 known exemplars in private collections. R. Delzanno reports that only 4 specimens have been documented as sold; Hildebrand 50. 

Very rare. 

Obv.: Laureate and armored bust of Charles XII of Sweden right. 

Inscription around: 

HÆC OMNES VETERVM REVOCA: VIT ADOREA LAVRVS. 

(This victorious laurel recalls all those of old). 

In exergue: 

CAROL.XII.D.G.SVEC.GOTHOR. / REX.RVSSORVM TRIVM= / PHATOR.MDCC. / GFN. 

(Charles XII, by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes and Goths / Conqueror of the Russians / 1700 / GFN). 

Rev.: A lion trampling and tearing apart a dragon; cityscape of Narva and Ivangorod in the background.

Inscription around: 

COMPRIME FERALES TORVI PRÆDONIS HABENAS. 

(Restrain the deadly reins of the savage plunderer). 

In exergue: 

CALCABITVR / ASPER. 

(The fierce one shall be trampled). 

Edge: 

NIL SIBI PERIVRVM SENSIT PRODESSE FVROREM. CLAUD. 

(The perjured fury realized that it availed him nothing – Claudian). 

This powerful medal commemorates the triumph of Charles XII at the Battle of Narva in 1700. The classical Latin inscriptions and allegorical reverse emphasize not only the military success but also the moral superiority attributed to Sweden's cause. The work of renowned Nuremberg medallists Georg Friedrich Nürnberger and Martin Brunner, this silver version is rare and highly sought after.