Triton XVIII, Lot: 1486. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA. temp. Ferdinand I. As Prince, 1887-1908, or Tsar, 1908-1918. AV 4 Ducat (40mm, 12.75 g, 12h). In the name of Aleksandr II Nikolaevich of Russia. MX mint. Dated 1905. ALEXANDER · II · D · G · RUSSIAE IMPERATOR, laureate and mantled bust right with features of Franz Joseph II of Austria; MX monogram (mintmark) to left / RUSS · POLSK · FINLAN [·] LOD · ILL · REX · A · 1905, crowned double-headed eagle facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter and orb; on breast, coat-of-arms; additional coats-of-arms on wings; filleted crown above; (4) in exergue; c/m: filleted crown, A 1 below; all in incuse . See A. Basok, “Complete Catalog of Four Ducat Coins with Bulgarian Counterstamps under the names of Alexander II of Russia, Franz Joseph of Austria, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Boris III of Bulgaria” (Chicago, 2002). EF, lustrous, numerous hairlines. Rare.