Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1561. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $5100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. AR Poltina (13.18 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1734. • Б M • AHHA • IMПEPATPIЦA • ICAMOДEPЖ • BCEPOCICKAЯ •, crowned and cuirassed bust right / MOHETA • ПOЛTИHA • 1734, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb with ornate cross; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; above, imperial crown. On edge: Andrew chain. Bitkin 159; Severin 1158; Uzdenikov 720. NGC photo graded AU DETAILS planchet flaw, A bit of obverse planchet lamination, lightly toned, and very well struck. The so-called “Horse Face” portrait. A solid AU.

Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 42 (21 January 1997), lot 2388.