Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1055. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (27.59 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1707 (Arabic date). ЦPЬ • ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ • B : P : П :, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOCKBOCKИI P(OУ)БЛЬ (diamond stops), double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above, 17 07 flanking tail. Plain edge. Diakov p. 127, N; Bitkin H188; Severin 235; Uzdenikov 505 N. In NGC slab graded MS 63, toned.

Ex Gustav Klingert Collection (A. Hess, 30 May 1910), lot 115.