Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1617. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AR Rouble (19.95 g, 12h). 300-Letiya Doma Romanovyekh issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Viktor Smirnov, mintmaster. Dated 1913. bust of Nikolai II Aleksandrovich and crowned bust of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov facing in low relief / PУБЛЬ above; 1613 – 1913 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, Astrakhan, and Novosibirsk on right wing, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; above, filleted imperial crown. On edge: ЧИCTAГO CEPEБPA 4 ЗOЛOTHИKA 21 ДOЛEЙ (B•C). Bitkin 335; Severin 4179; cf. Uzdenikov 4201. NGC photo graded MS 64, toned uncirculated.

Purchased from M. L. Teller, November 1988.

This issue commemorates 300 years of Romanov rule. With a mintage of 50,000, this low relief version is much rarer than the one in high relief (next lot).