435, Lot: 504. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Empire. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. CU 2 Kopeks (34mm, 17.53 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated
1759. Crowned script ЄЄ monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 532; Bitkin 393; Uzdenikov 2595; Brekke 102. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1756 “baroque” kopek of Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth).