Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1309. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. AR Rouble (25.50 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1751. Crowned bust right; С П Б below bust / 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; date in legend. On edge: C • ПETEPБ(OУ)PXCKAГO (four flowers) MAHETHOГO (flower) ДBOPA (five flowers). Diakov 243; Bitkin 266; Severin 1571-2; Uzdenikov 832. Good VF, toned.