435, Lot: 539. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 2 Kopeks (34mm, 19.69 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated 1765 MM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; value on banner below; м м below horse. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 101; Bitkin 533; Uzdenikov 2666; Brekke 148. Near EF, attractive red-brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1762 4 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch, itself overstruck on a 2 kopeks of Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth).

Ex Künker 260 (10 March 2015), lot 1149.