CNG 94, Lot: 1851. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (40mm, 28.31 g, 12h). Red mint. Dated 1724 (Arabic date). ΠETPЪ • A • ИMПEPATOPЬ • ICAMOДEPЖEЦЬ • BCEPOCCIИCKИI •, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA HOBAA ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛЬ, crowned cruciform П monogram; I in quarters. On edge: (flower) MOCKOBCKOΓO (flower) ДBAPA (flower) POCCИCKOI (two flowers) P(OУ)БЛЬ. Diakov 23-32; Bitkin 941; Severin 637; Uzdenikov 617 var. (ДBOPA). EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection.