CNG 84, Lot: 1793. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AV 5 Rublei (23mm, 6.55 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Aggei Svechin, mintmaster. Dated 1865. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding scepter and orb, with shield of St. George on breast and eight provincial coats-of-arms on wings; crown above / Denomination and date in three lines; mintmark below. Bitkin 11; Severin, Gold 479; Uzdenikov 247; Friedberg 163. EF, lightly toned with small traces of underlying luster.