Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1574. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Rouble (23.65 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Fedor Lesnikov. Dated 1775. Б • M • EKATEPИHA • II • IMП • ICAMOД • BCEPOC, C П Б in exergue, crowned bust right / MOHETA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 17 75, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; above, imperial crown; ө-к flanking tail. On edge: grained right. Bitkin 219; Severin 2103; Uzdenikov 1064. NGC photo graded MS 62, Very lightly toned with much luster, beautiful fields, and a strong strike for type. Among the finest known.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, February 1986.