Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1544. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (28.09 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1720 (OCS and Arabic date). ЦPЬ • ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ • BCEA • POCIИ • CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ •, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA HOBAA ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛЬ (year symbol) AΨK (OCS date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown. On edge: • MOCKOBЬCKИ УKAЗЬHЬI P(OУ)БЛEBИKЬ • MAHETЬHAГO ДEHEЖHAГO ДBOPA 1720. Bitkin 330 var. (edge inscription); Severin 461; Uzdenikov 588 var. (same). NGC photo graded MS 62, superbly toned with multicolored hues of blue, green, and yellow, very lustrous. One of the nicest Peter roubles known. Uncirculated and a numismatic prize.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, August 1985.