361, Lot: 541. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AV 5 Roubles (23mm, 6.53 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Pavel Danilov, mintmaster. Dated 1831. Double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding banner, lightning bolts and torches / Value and mintmark in five lines; all within wreath; crown above. Bitkin 6; Severin, Gold 408; Uzdenikov 0206; Friedberg 154. EF, traces of underlying luster, scratch on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Schulman Coin & Mint, March 1973 .