436, Lot: 855. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr III Fyodorovitch. 1762. AR Rouble (39mm, 24.23 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Nazar Kutuzov, mintmaster. Dated 1762 CПБ. Bareheaded, draped, and armored bust right / 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; imperial crown above, н к flanking tail. Edge: /////. Diakov 7; Bitkin 11; Severin 1882; Uzdenikov 924. VF, toned. Lot includes old collector’s holder.

Ex New York Sale VIII (15 January 2004), lot 659.