437, Lot: 593. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Empire. Petr III Fyodorovitch. 1762. CU 4 Kopeks (33.5mm, 18.18 g, 12h). Dated
1762. St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; four stars (mark of value) around / Drum set on ground with sticks to left behind; trumpet behind drum, facing up; cannon, halberds, and banners on either side; · 4 ·/ЧETЫPE/КОПЕИКИ/· 1762 · in four lines above. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 37 (example showing traces of undertype); Bitkin 28; Uzdenikov 2624; Brekke 12. Near VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1757 2 kopeks of Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth).
Ex Sincona 19 (13 October 2010), lot 252 (hammer CHF 350).