CNG 100, Lot: 964. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AV 3 Roubles (20mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nikolai Iossa, mintmaster. Dated 1877. Crowned double-headed imperial Russian eagle / Value, date, and mint in four lines. Bitkin 39; Uzdenikov; KM Y# 26; Friedberg 164. Superb EF, lustrous, a couple of minor field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Nashua Coins, June 1971.