370, Lot: 685. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. AV 5 Roubles (23mm, 6.56 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Pavel Danilov, mintmaster. Dated 1831 СПБ. Double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding banner, lightning bolts and torches / Value and mintmark within wreath; crown above. Bitkin 6; Friedberg 154. VF, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel, scratch on reverse at 3 o’clock near edge.