Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1062. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (27.77 g, 12h). Novodel issue of “Seaman” type. Red mint. Dated 1723 (Arabic date). ΠETPЪ • A • ИMПEPATOPЬ ICAMOДEPЖEЦЬ • BCEPOCCIИCKИI, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA HOBAѦ ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛЪ, crowned cruciform П monogram; i in quarters, 17 23 across field. On edge: OCKOBCKOΓO ДBOPA OCCИCKOИ O P(OУ)БЛЬ (flower). Diakov p. 182, N2; Bitkin H918; Severin -; Uzdenikov 610 N. In NGC slab graded MS 64, areas of toning.