Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1550. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina I Alexeyevna. 1725-1727. AR Rouble (28.23 g, 12h). Red mint. Dated 1726. EKATEPIHA • IMПEPATPIЦA • ICAMOДEPЖEЦA • BCEPOCICKAЯ, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust left / MOHETA • HOBAЯ • ЦEHA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 1726, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown. On edge: (flower) MOCKOBCKOΓO (flower) ДBOPA POCCИCKOI (flower) P(OУ)БЛЬ • E • Я • I • B (three rosettes). Bitkin 28; Severin 818; Uzdenikov 644. NGC photo graded AU 50, beautiful deep patina on unimpared surfaces and deeply toned. About uncirculated and the finest for type known.

Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 159.

The three Ekaterina roubles presented in this collection are the finest seen in many years. Ekaterina was the first empress to rule the Russian Empire, and she was Petr I’s constant companion both in and out of wedlock. She died only three years after Peter, and her coinage is rare, especially in fine quality.