436, Lot: 893. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (37mm, 30.40 g, 12h). Suzun (Kolyvan) mint. Dated 1778 KM. Crowned oval shield inscribed ПЯТЬ/КОПѢ/ЕКЪ ·/1778 in four lines; shield in ornate frame and held by Siberian fox supporters / Crowned script Є II monogram within laurel and palm wreath. Edge: /////. Diakov 1086; Bitkin 1082; cf. Uzdenikov 4335; Brekke 482. EF, brown surfaces, minute traces of red.