Rare Date and Bust Combination

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1629. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Poltina (13.76 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1705 (OCS date). ЦPЬ ΠETPЪ AЛEξIEBИЧЪ BCEA POCIИ ПOBEЛITEЉ, bareheaded and armored bust right / MAHETA ДOБPAA HOBAA ЦEHA ПOЛTИHA (year symbol) AΨE (OCS date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; above, imperial crown with x in each field. On edge: plain. Bitkin 559; Severin 172; Uzdenikov 49; Diakov 8. Near EF, toned, attractive surfaces. Rare.