Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1060. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (28.22 g, 12h). Old type. Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1720 (OCS date). ЦPЬ • ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ • BCEA • POCIИ • CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ •, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; ок on shoulder truncation / • MOHETA • HOBAѦ • ЦEHA • P(OУ)БЛЬ ҂ AΨK (OCS date) •, double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above. On edge: • MOCKOBЬCKІ УKAЗHЬI P(OУ)БЛEBИKЬ (three lis?) MAHETЬHAГO ДEHEЖHAГO ДBOPA 1720. Diakov 48 (same dies); Bitkin 375 var. (edge inscription); Severin 462B; Uzdenikov 586. VF, toned.