Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2085. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Catherine II, the Great. 1762-1796. AR Poltina (12.37 g, 12h). St. Petersburg mint; Feodor Lesnikov, mintmaster. Dated 1778. Crowned draped bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle with sceptre and orb, St. George coat-of arms on breast. Edge: grained. Bitkin 297; Uzdenikov 1092; Severin 2133; KM 66b. VF, toned. ($500)