361, Lot: 543. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AV 5 Roubles (23mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nikolai Iossa, mintmaster. Dated 1871 СПБ. Crowned imperial eagle / Denomination, date, and mint in four lines. Bitkin 19; Severin, Gold 490; Uzdenikov 0257; Friedberg 165. Choice EF, traces of underlying luster.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1979.