443, Lot: 685. Estimate $75. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. CU Denga (27.5mm, 7.91 g, 12h). Dated 1731. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; crown above / ДЕ/НГА, ornamental bar, and date in four lines; all within ornate frame supported by laurels and palm fronds; above, large rosette. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 1-3; Bitkin 311; Uzdenikov 2484; Brekke 21. Good VF, green-brown surfaces. Overstruck on a kopek of Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great).