Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1603. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AR Rouble (20.68 g, 12h). Unveiling of the Monumenta Imperatoru Nikolaiyu I in Sankt-Peterburg issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; A. Lialin, engraver. Dated 1859. HИKOЛAИ I ИMПEPATOPЬ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ BCEPOCCIИC., head of Nikolai I Pavlovich left; A. ЛЯЛИH.at truncation of head / ПOBEЛ. ИMПEP. AЛEKCAHДPA II BCEA POCCIИ CAMOДEPЖEЦA/IЮHЯ 25 ДHЯ 1859 ГOЛA, PУБЛЬ in exergue, Equestrian statue of Nikolai I Pavlovich in military outfit left on ornate multi-tier pedestal. Plain edge. Bitkin 567; Severin 3681; Uzdenikov 4194. NGC photo graded MS 63 PL, lovely peripherally toned proof-like with one or two tiny reverse marks to keep it out of the gem class.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, October 1989.