Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1069. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $55000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. AR 96 Kopecks (25.41 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1757. ELISABETHA • I • D • G • IMP • TOT • ROSS (trilobe), crowned bust right / MONETA LIVOESTHONICA • 1757 (flower) 96 (flower), double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coats-of-arms of Riga and Reval on breast; imperial crown above. On edge: chain composed of alternating flowers and figure 8s. Diakov p. 151, N606; Bitkin H628; Severin 1776; Uzdenikov 4226 N. In NGC slab graded MS 63, toned.

Ex Gustav Klingert Collection (A. Hess, 30 May 1910), lot 1497.