Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1579. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $77500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Pavl I Petrovich. 1796-1801. AR Albertus Rouble (29.23 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1796. 1796 ГOДA, 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; в-м flanking tail / HE HAMБ,/HE HAMБ,/A ИMЯHИ/TBOEMУ. in four lines across field; all within ornate square frame. Edge: grained right. Bitkin 14; Severin 2382; Uzdenikov 1257. NGC photo graded MS 65, an original striking with a hint of toning. A Bitkin Rarity 1 coin. Among the finest known.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, May 1985. Ex Linnartz..

This is the first silver crown of its type and the first issue of Pavl I.