Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1551. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina I Alexeyevna. 1725-1727. AR Poltina (13.45 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Red mint. Dated 1726. EKATEPIHA • IMПEPATPIЦA • ICAMOДEPЖEЦA • BCEPOCICKAЯ :, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust left / • MOHETA • HOBAЯ • ЦEHA • ПOЛTИHA • 1726 •, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown. On edge: grained right. Bitkin H61; cf. Severin 787; cf. Uzdenikov 651. NGC photo graded AU 50, moderately toned novodel and very rare as such.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, February 2001. Ex Renaissance I (13 August 2000), lot 176.