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Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1630. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr II Alexeyevich. 1727-1730. AR Rouble (28.22 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1727. ПEPPЪ II * IMПEPATOPЬ ИCAMOДEPЖEЦЬ * BCEPOCCIИCKИ *, C П Б in exergue (
sic), laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA * HOBAA * ЦEHA * P(OУ)БЛЬ *, crowned cruciform П monogram; II in quarters; 17 27 across field. On edge: | MOCKOBCKOΓ (flower) ДBOPA (flower) POCCИCKOΓ (flower) P(OУ)БЛЬ (five flowers). Cf. Bitkin 146; cf. Severin 933; cf. Uzdenikov 667; cf. Diakov 14. VF, die break in obverse field.