Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1607. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AR Rouble (20.05 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1887. Б. M. AЛEKCAHДPЪ III ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ BCEPOCCIЙCKIЙ. (rosette), large head right / PУБЛЬ 1887 Г. in exergue, 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; arms of Kazan, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and United Principal Russian Grand Duchies on right wing, Astrakhan, and Novosibirsk, Caucasus, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; above, filleted imperial crown. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 4 ЗOЛOTHИKA 21 ДOЛEЙ (A•Г). Bitkin 61; Severin 3976; Uzdenikov 2012. NGC photo graded MS 64. The larger head variety and a seldom available date, especially in this condition.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, March 1981.