435, Lot: 532. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 49.04 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1766 C · ΠM. 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; с · п м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 146; Bitkin 570; Uzdenikov 2676; Brekke 216 . EF, attractive brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.