Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1308. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1805. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov. 1645-1676. AR Rouble (30.26 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Moskva (Moscow) mint. Dated Year of the World 7162 (AD 1654). Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov, crowned and holding scepter, on horseback right / Double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above; all within ornate frame. Plain edge. Cf. Kaim 1600; KM N-AA2. EF, toned, edge marks from possible prior mounting.