Rare Variety With PУБЛЬ on Edge

421, Lot: 695. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (41.5mm, 28.52 g, 12h). Kadishevsky mint. Dated 1720 (in OCS numerals). ЦPЬ · ΠETPЪ · AΛEξIEBIЧЬ · BCEA POCИI · CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; · O · К · on truncation of shoulder / MOHETA · HOBAA · ЦEHA · P(OУ)БЛЬ · (year symbol) A · Ψ · K (OCS date),, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above. Edge: (ornament) MOCKOBЬCKI (ornament) УKAЗHЫ (ornament) PУБЛЬ MA MA[HE]THAГO ДЬHЬЖHAГO ДBOPA (triple ornament) | (ornament) MA. Diakov 27 (same obv. die); Bitkin 358 (dies 18C [earlier die state]); Severin 460C; Uzdenikov 0586. VF, toned, hairlines, die break on reverse. Rare variety.