Triton XIV, Lot: 1443. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (41mm, 28.03 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1721 (OCS date). (rosette) ЦPЬ ΠETPЪ • AЛEξIEBИЧЪ BCEA • POCИI • CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; к on bust; all within wreathed border / • MOHETA • HOBAA • ЦEHA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • (year symbol) A • ΨK•A• (OCS date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above; all within wreathed border. Edge: MOCKOBЬCKI УKAЗЬHЫ P(OУ)БЛЬ 1721 • | MAHETHAГO ДEHEЖHAГO ДBOPA[[P]] (flower). Cf. Diakov 20 (same dies); cf. Bitkin 482; cf. Severin 511; cf. Uzdenikov 599 (all refs. do not list edge inscription). Good VF, toned, small lamination on obverse. Well struck.