Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1560. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. AR Poltina (12.83 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1733. Б M AHHA IMПEPATPIЦA ICAMOДEPЖ BCEPOCICKAЯ, crowned and cuirassed bust right / MOHETA ПOЛTИHA 1733, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown. On edge: lattice. Bitkin 150; cf. Severin 1116; Uzdenikov 708. NGC photo graded MS 62, virtually as struck with a hint of patina and a very good planchet with nice fields.

Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 42 (21 January 1997), lot 2384.

The early poltinas of Anna are much rarer than the roubles.