437, Lot: 598. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (44mm, 48.34 g, 12h). Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated 1765 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 93; Bitkin 523; Uzdenikov 2659; Brekke 208. Good VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on an earlier issue.