Russia Silver Medal 1721 (after 1721 - beginning of 19th c.) - Peace of Nystad, 30 August 1721 - Peter I (1682–1725)

102.33g. 60mm. UNC/UNC. An exceptional example with mirror-like luster beneath rich old cabinet toning, virtually free of wear. A superb addition to any advanced collection of Russian or Swedish medals. 

St. Petersburg mint. 

Medalier: unknown. 

Diakov 57.5 (Ar - R2). Rare. 

Obv.: In the center, Noah's Ark; above, a flying dove with an olive branch in its beak. On the horizon at left, the view of St. Petersburg; at right, Stockholm, connected by a rainbow with the inscriptions S. PETERSBURG and STOKHOLM.

Inscription above:

CONCORDI PACE LIGAMUR

(Bound together by concord and peace).

Below the truncation:

ɴᴇoᴘoLI | ᴘosт вᴇLLI Iɴ sᴇᴘтᴇɴтʀıoɴᴇ | DILVVIVM |

(At Nystad after the flood of the northern war). 

Rev.: Straight twelve-line inscription: 

M . O . R . F . | Principi | PETRO . I . | Nomine et factis stupendis | MAGNO | Russorum Imperatori | PATRIQUE | Post vicennales triumphos | SEPTENTRIONIS PACATORI | hoc ex auro vernaculo | Numisma | D . D . 

(To the prince Peter I, by name and by deeds wondrous, the great Emperor of the Russians and Father, who after twenty years of triumphs pacified the North; this medal of native gold is presented). 

The medal commemorates the conclusion of the Peace of Nystad, signed on 30 August 1721 between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden, formally ending the Great Northern War (1700–1721). By this treaty Sweden ceded Ingria, Estonia, Livonia, and part of Karelia to Russia, while retaining Finland. The peace secured for Peter the Great access to the Baltic Sea and international recognition of Russia as a European power, marking the decline of Sweden's dominance in Northern Europe. Soon after the treaty, Peter assumed the title Emperor of All Russia, symbolizing the rise of the Russian Empire and a lasting shift in the balance of power in the North.