Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1053. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Polupoltinnik (6.58 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1704 (OCS date). ЦPЬ ΠETPЪ AЛEξIEBИЧЪ BCEѦ POCIИ ПOBEЛITEЉ, bareheaded and armored bust right / ПОЛ(OУ)ПОЛЪTИNNИKЪ ҂ AΨД (OCS date), double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above, м-д flanking tail. Plain edge. Diakov p. 76, N; Bitkin Н717; Severin 111; Uzdenikov 471 N. In NGC slab, graded MS 61.