Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1270. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AV 5 Roubles (6.43 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1781. “By the grace of God, Ekaterina II, Emp(ress) and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic; mintmark in exergue, crowned bust right / “Russian Empire, money weight 5 Roubles” in Cyrillic, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms in ornate frames around central imperial Russian coat-of-arms; flowers at angles 1–7–8–1 in voids. Bitkin 79; Uzdenikov 148; Friedberg 130b; KM (C)78b. In an NGC slab graded AU 55.