Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1615. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR Rouble (20.00 g, 12h). Unveiling of the Monumenta Imperatoru Aleksandru III in Moskva issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Elikum Babayantz, mintmaster. Dated 1912. AЛEKCAHДPЪ III ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ BCEPOCCIЙCKIЙ/POДИЛCЯ 26 ФEBPAЛЯ 1845 ГOДA BЪ ЪOЗҌ ПOЧИЛ 20 OKT. 1894 ГOДA, head of Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich left / COOPУЖEHЪ ЛЮБOBЬЮ HAPOДA ИMПEPATOPOMЪ HИKOЛAEMЬ II/BЪ MOCKBҌ OTKPЫTЪ BЪ 1912 Г., PУБЛЬ in exergue, statue of enthroned Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich facing, set on ornate, muti-tiered base; incuse A-Г at each end of lower base. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 4 ЗOЛOTHИKA 21 ДOЛEЙ (Э•Б). Bitkin 330; Severin 4165; Uzdenikov 4199. NGC photo graded MS 65, deeply toned with full luster and hues of russet, blue, and gray. Quite rare as a type, and this specimen is much rarer as a Gem Uncirculated.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, September 1982.