249, Lot: 441. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). Empress, 1762-1796. AR Rubl (38mm, 23.92 g, 12h). Sankt-Petrburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Yakov Chernishev, mintmaster. Dated 1773. Crowned and draped bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing, with wings spread, holding scepter and orb; on breast, Order of St. Andrew (the First Called) around coat-of-arms of Moskva; crown above. Bitkin 216; Uzdenikov 1051; KM 67a.2. Near VF, toned.