443, Lot: 700. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 2 Para – 3 Kopeks (36mm, 18.19 g, 12h). Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 issue. Sadogur mint. Dated 1772. Crowned conjoined arms of Moldavia and Wallachia / 2 ПAPA/(spacing line)/3/KOПƀEKƀ in five lines; all within quadrate cord border. Edge: wreath. Diakov 1127A; Bitkin 1247; Uzdenikov 4911; Brekke 15. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, traces of deposits, obverse die break, pit on reverse.