Triton XIX, Lot: 2651. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Ivan V Alexeyevich, with Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great), and Sofia Alekseyevna, as regent. 1682-1689. AV Chervonetz (Ducat) (18mm, 3.61 g, 12h). Novodel issue. + Б М В Г Ц I K I A П A I (By the grace of God, the ruling Lords, Czars, and Princes, Ivan and Petr Alexeyevich), crowned and mantled facing busts of Ivan and Petr, above, double-headed eagle, holding scepter and globus cruciger / (star) Ї Г Б Ц Ї K I A B B I И P I (And their sister, the regent, Czarina Princess Sophia Alexieva of Greater and Lesser Russia), crowned and mantled facing bust of Sofia Alekseyevna facing slightly left, holding scepter. Kaim 1857B (Chervonetz; same dies); Friedberg 58a. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 50. Lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Moreira Collection (Part 2, Superior, 10 December 1988), lot 1193.