361, Lot: 544. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AV 5 Roubles (22mm, 6.45 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Appolon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1888 (AГ). Head right / Crowned imperial eagle. Bitkin 28; Severin, Gold 533; Uzdenikov 0297; Friedberg 165. Superb EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Clarke E. Gilhousen Collection (Part 2, Superior, 11 June 1973), lot 1306.