Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1061. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (28.17 g, 12h). “Tiger” type. Red mint. Dated 1723 (Arabic date). ΠETPЪ • A • ИMПEPATOPЬ (rosette) ICAMOДEPЖEЦЬ (rosette) BCEPOCCIИCKИI, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; rosette of eight pellets by eagle’s head; ок on shoulder truncation / MOHETA HOBAA ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛ, crowned cruciform П monogram; i in quarters, 17 23 across field. On edge: (flower) MOCBOCBCKOΓO (flower) ДBAPA POCICKO (two flowers) P(OУ)БЛЬ (flower). Diakov 39 var. (P(OУ)БЛЬ); Bitkin 858-61 var. (same); cf. Severin 570-6; Uzdenikov 606 var. (same). VF, toned, laminations on obverse.