Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1076. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AR Rouble (20.63 g, 12h). Unveiling of the Monumenta Imperatoru Nikolaiyu I in Sankt-Peterburg issue. Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; A. Lialin, engraver. Dated 1859. HИKOЛAИ I ИMПEPATOPЬ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ BCEPOCCIИC., head of Nikolai I Pavlovich left; A. ЛЯЛИH.at truncation of head / ПOBEЛ. ИMПEP. AЛEKCAHДPA II BCEA POCCIИ CAMOДEPЖEЦA/IЮHЯ 25 ДHЯ 1859 ГOЛA, PУБЛЬ in exergue, equestrian statue of Nikolai I Pavlovich left on ornate multi-tier pedestal. Plain edge. Bitkin 567; Severin 3681; Uzdenikov 4194. EF, light hairlines in fields.