Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1545. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (27.61 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1721(OCS and Arabic date). (rosette) • ЦPЬ • ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ • BCEA • POCIИ • CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ •, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA HOBAA ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛЬ (year symbol) AΨKA (OCS date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown. On edge: • MAHETЬHAГO ДEHEЖHAГO ДBOPA MOCKOBЬCKI УKAЗ ДHЫ P(OУ)БЛЬ 1721. Bitkin 435 var. (edge inscription); cf. Severin 511; Uzdenikov 599 var. (same) . NGC photo graded AU 55, deeply toned, about mint state, and an extremely choice example.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, September 1993.