Triton XIX, Lot: 2654. Estimate $5000. Sold for $100000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. AV Ducat (22mm, 3.41 g, 12h). Krasny (Red) mint. Dated 1752. Б · M · EЛИCABETЪ · I · IMП : ICAMOД : BCEPOC :, crowned bust right / St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) standing facing on ground line, extending right hand and holding cross in left; 17 52 across field; HOIЯБ : 3 · in exergue. Diakov 2; Bitkin 26; Severin, Gold, 170; Uzdenikov 0072; Friedberg 111. In NGC encapsulation graded XF 40, area of flan waviness.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1979.