Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1564. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Anna Ioannovna. 1730-1740. AR Rouble (26.02 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1739. Б • M • AHHA • IMПEPATPIЦA • ICAMOДEPЖEЦA • BCEPOCICKAЯ •, C П Б in exergue, crowned bust right / MOHETA P(OУ)БЛЬ 17 39, 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 236; Severin 1305; Uzdenikov 740. NGC photo graded AU 55, very light patina and well struck. A pleasing specimen and the best of the Anna roubles.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, June 1985.