Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1578. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Time of Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Altmishlik (18.24 g, 12h). Issue of Giray Khans under Shahin Giray. Baghjisarai mint. Dated AH 1191; RY 5 (AD 1781). Tughra of Shahin Giray with rose flanking on either side / ﺿں ن ﻓﻲ ﺑﺎﻏﺠﻪ ﺳﺮ اي ١١٩١ in seven lines across field; tamgha of the Crimean Khanate above; ٥ to right. Edge: grained right. Bitikin 2; Album 2111. UNC, Superbly toned and virtually mint state. Attractive, one of the finest, if not finest known, and extremely rare.

Purchased from M. L. Teller.