249, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). Empress, 1762-1796. Æ 5 Kopeek (43mm, 52.83 g, 12h). Ekatrinburg mint. Dated 1790. 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; below, denomination on garland / Crowned monogram within wreath. Bitkin 644; Uzdenikov 2826; KM 59.3. Near EF, brown patina, some flatness.