CNG 111, Lot: 989. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (41mm, 27.53 g, 12h). Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1718 (in OCS numerals). Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; arabesque on breastplate / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above; L on eagle’s tail. Diakov 4; Bitkin 199; Uzdenikov 0557. VF, toned, minor edge flaw on reverse.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen).