Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1633. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Poltina (11.53 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nazar Kutuzov, mintmaster. Dated 1763. Б • M • EKATEPИHA • II • IMП • ICAMOД • BCEPOCC •, C П Б in exergue, crowned bust right; • T • I • on truncation of arm / MOHETA • ПOЛTИHA • 1763, 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; above, imperial crown; н-к flanking tail. On edge: grained right. Bitkin 272; Severin 1909; Uzdenikov 947. EF, toned, even, light corrosion across surfaces.