435, Lot: 530. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (42mm, 45.95 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated 1766 MM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / 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; м м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 145; Bitkin 524; Uzdenikov 2677; Brekke 213. Good VF, red-brown surfaces.