Triton XXII, Lot: 1335. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr I Pavlovich. 1801-1825. Æ 5 Kopeks (45mm, 52.05 g, 12h). Suzun (Kolyvan) mint. Dated 1809 KM. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; к м flanking tail; all within ornamented border / 5/КОПѢЕКЪ/(ornament bar)/1809 in four lines; all within ornamented border; pellet-in-annulet after 5 and date. Edge: /////. Bitkin 425; cf. Uzdenikov 3082 (novodel); Brekke 135. Superb EF, deep brown surfaces, small edge flaw at 2 o’clock.