Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1058. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Tympf - 12 Kopeck (7.54 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Kadashevsky mint; Jean Lang and Jean Lefken, mintmasters. Dated 1708 (Arabic date). ЦPЬ • I • B • K • ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / BCFA POCIИ • ПОBFЛITFЛЪ • 1708 (sic), double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above, IL L flanking tail. Plain edge. Diakov p. 168, N; Bitkin 3837; Severin 244; Uzdenikov 4861 N. In NGC slab graded MS 62, toned.