Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1052. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov. 1645-1676. AR Rouble (28.56 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Moskva (Moscow) mint. Dated Year of the World 7162 (AD 1654). : БЖЇEЮ MЛCШЇЮ BEЛЇKИ ΓДPЬ ЦPЬ Ї BEЛЇKИЇ KHSЪ AЛEKCIƀЇ MИXAЇЛOBЇЧЪ BCEЯ BEЛЇKЇЯ Ї MAЛЫЯ POCИЇ, Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov, crowned and holding scepter, on horseback right / ЛIƀTЯ (year symbol) З • PξO PУБЛЬ within ornate border, double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above; all within ornate frame. Plain edge. Cf. Kaim 1600; KM N-AA2. In NGC slab graded MS 63.