Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2083. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Catherine II, the Great. 1762-1796. AR Ruble (23.03 g, 12h). St. Petersburg mint; Fedor Leshnikov, mintmaster. Dated 1774. Reported mintage: 550 pieces. Crowned and draped bust right / Crowned imperial double-headed eagle, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast; Q L by tail. Edge: grained. Bitkin 291; Uzdenikov 1068; Severin 2089; KM 66a. VF, cleaned at one time and re-toning. ($300)