Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1568. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. AR Rouble (26.10 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Ivan Markov, mintmaster. Dated 1756. Б • M • EЛИCABETЪ • I • IMП : ICAMOД : BCEPOC, C П Б in exergue, crowned bust right / MOHETA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 17 56, 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; I-м flanking tail. On edge: (flower) MOHETИAГO (flower) ДBOPA (flower) C • ПETEPБ(OУ)PXCKAГO. Bitkin 277; Severin 1673; Uzdenikov 881; Diakov 396. NGC photo graded MS 61, light toning graces this rouble with outstanding detail and strong strike.

Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 319.