Token - Saint Petersburg Peter and Paul Fortress ND

Reverse

Peter and Paul fortress in St Petersburg with waves of the River Neva in front of it.

Lettering:
ПЕТРОПАВЛОВСКАЯ КРЕПОСТЬ - САНКТЪ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ
ОПЛОТЪ РОССIИ НА БАЛТИКЕ
16 мая 1703

Translation:
Peter & Paul fortress - Saint Petersburg
Stronghold of Russia on the Baltic Sea
16 May 1703

Edge

Reeded, with tapered rims

Comment

Although the lettering imitates old Cyrillic font and orthography that existed before 1708, it in fact contains several spelling errors, of which most notable is the absence of "yat" letter, which is replaced with E overall.