Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1364. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AV 5 Roubles (6.50 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nikolai Iossa, mintmaster. Dated 1874. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; mintmaster’s initials flanking tail / Value, date, and mintmark in four lines across field. Bitkin 22; Uzdenikov 263. EF, minor field marks, trace of underlying luster.