Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1079. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR Rouble (19.99 g, 12h). Coronation issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1896. Б. M. HИKOЛAЙ II ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЪ BCEPOCC KOPOHOBAHЪ BЪ MOCKBҌ 1896 Г., head left / Filleted imperial crown above orb over crossed scepters; PУБЛЬ above; all within laurel and oak wreath. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 4 ЗOЛOTHИKA 21 ДOЛEЙ (A•Г). Bitkin 322; Severin 4035; Uzdenikov 4197. EF, areas of underlying luster.