Triton XIV, Lot: 1444. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ivan VI Antonovich. 1740-1741. AR Rouble (42mm, 25.97 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1741. IOAHHЪ • III • Б • M • IMП : ICAMOД : BCEPOC :, laureate and draped bust right, wearing Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; C:П:Б below bust / MOHETA • P(OУ)БЛЬ • 17 41, double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; imperial crown above. Edge: C • ПETEPБ(OУ)PXCKAГO (three flowers) M(O/A)HETHAГO • ДBOPA (two flowers). Cf. Diakov 19; cf. Bitkin 31; Severin 1365; Uzdenikov 757. Near EF, toned. Rare.

In the edge incription, the first O of the word MOHETHAГO appears over an A that was originally in the die.