Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2079. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Catherine II, the Great. 1762-1796. AR Ruble (24.14 g, 12h). St. Petersburg mint; Stepan Afonasiev, mintmaster Timothy Ivanof, sculptor. Dated 1765. Crowned draped bust right; •T•I• on truncation / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle with sceptre and orb, St. George coat-of arms on breast. Edge: grained. Bitkin 188; Uzdenikov 968; Severin 1961; Davenport 1683; KM 67.2a. In NGC slab, graded AU58. ($2000)