Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1563. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. AR Rouble (25.87 g, 12h). Red mint. Dated 1738. • Б M • AHHA • IMПEPATPIЦA ICAMOДEPЖEЦA BCEPOCICKAЯ •, crowned bust right; five pearls in hair / MOHETA P(OУ)БЛЬ 17 38, 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, small imperial crown. On edge: chain stitch. Bitkin 202; cf. Severin 1275; Uzdenikov 738. NGC photo graded AU 58, toned, well struck with high relief. A bit of rub keeps this coin out of the mint state category.

Purchased from Chelsea Coins, December 1982.