Struck From Melted Turkish Cannon

388, Lot: 659. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOLDAVIA & WALLACHIA. Period of Russian Occupation. 1771-1774. Æ 2 Para – 3 Kopecks (35mm, 16.40 g, 12h). Sadogur mint. Crowned arms of Moldavia and Wallachia / Value within corded quadrate frame. Diakov 1132; Bitkin 1249. VF, porous brown surfaces, typical weakness of strike, some roughness. Rare.