Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1558. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. AR Rouble (26.38 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1733. Б M AHHA IMПEPATPIЦA ICAMOДEPЖEЦA BCEPOCICKAЯ, crowned and cuirassed bust right / MOHETA P(OУ)БЛЬ 1733, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; above, imperial crown. On edge: chain stitch. Bitkin 66; Severin 1133; Uzdenikov 706. NGC photo graded MS 61, a nicely toned specimen and one of the finest known specimens of this type. Rarity 1 in Bitkin.

Ex Spink 36 (30 May 1984), lot 596.