CNG 87, Lot: 1969. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AV 5 Rubley (23mm, 6.47 g, 12h). Sankt-Petrburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1842. Crowned double-headed eagle facing, with wings spread, holding scepter and orb; on breast, coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of St. Andrei; crown above, A Ч across lower field / Ⴛ ЧИCTAГO ЗOΛOTA 1 ЗOΛOTHИKЪ 39 ДOΛEЙ, Ⴛ 5 Ⴛ/PУБΛEЙ in two lines above decorative exergual line; below, 1842/C.П.Б. in two lines. Bitkin 20; Uzdenikov 219; Friedberg 155; KM (C) 175.1 corr. (A Б). EF, a few light bag marks.

From the TJH Collection.