Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1569. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. AR Rouble (26.36 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nazar Kutuzov, mintmaster. Dated 1759. Б • M • EЛИCABETЪ • I • IMП • ICAMOД • BCEPOC, C П Б in exergue, crowned bust right / MOHETA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 17 59, 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; н-к flanking tail. On edge: (flower) MOHETИAГO (flower) ДBOPA (flower) C • ПETEPБ(OУ)PXCKAГO. Bitkin 290; Severin 1712; Uzdenikov 908. NGC photo graded MS 62, a bright, faintly toned surface on this scarce variety. Softly struck with nice high relief on portrait. Nice uncirculated.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, December 1984.