Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1068. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $44000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ivan VI Antonovich. 1740-1741. AR Rouble (25.26 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1741. IOAHHЪ • III • Б • M • IMП : ICAMOД : BCEPOC :, laureate and draped bust right, wearing Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; C:П:Б below bust / MOHETA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 17 41, double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; imperial crown above. On edge: (two flowers) MOHETHAГO • ДBOPA (two flowers) C • ПETEPБ(OУ)PXCKAГO. Diakov 7; Bitkin 22; Severin 1377; Uzdenikov 757. In NGC slab graded MS 62, toned.