CNG 100, Lot: 963. Estimate $750. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AV 5 Roubles (23mm, 6.55 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Pavel Danilov, mintmaster. Dated 1833. Crowned double-headed imperial Russian eagle / Value, date, and mint in four lines. Bitkin 8; Uzdenikov; KM C# 175.1; Friedberg 155. Superb EF, lustrous, a couple of minor field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.