Triton XXII, Lot: 1321. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Empire. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. CU Denga (26mm, 12h). Uncertain mint. Dated
1757. Crowned script ЄЄ monogram; 17 57 across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; all set on banner inscribed ДЕНГА. Edge: |||||. Diakov 483; cf. Bitkin 498 (Ekaterinburg) and 548 (Sestroretsk); cf. Uzdenikov 2580; Brekke 64. In NGC encapsulation, 3827954-014, graded AU 55 BN, double struck, second strike 75% off center.
Ex Goldberg 84 (27 January 2015), lot 4559; Irving Goldman Collection of Russian Coinage (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 389.