Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2396. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Peter I, “the Great”. 1682-1725. AR Ruble (27.45 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1720 (Cyrillic). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial Russian eagle facing with wings displayed, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; crown above; diamonds(?) separating second, third, and fourth words on edge. Bitikin 421 var. (no diamonds) ; Uzdenikov 590. VF, toned.