444, Lot: 495. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA, Empire. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. CU Kopek (33mm, 19.45 g, 12h). Baroque type. Krasny (Moscow) mint. Dated
1755 MMД. Eagle nestled right in clouds, head left, with wings spread, supporting ornate shield inscribed with royal cypher; crown above; ммд in exergue / Eagle nestled right in clouds, head left, with wings spread, supporting ornate shield inscribed with value in three lines; crown above. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 362; Bitkin 381; Uzdenikov 2545; Brekke 50. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1727 5 kopeks of Ekaterina I Alexeyevna.
Ex Sincona 19 (13 October 2014), lot 212 (where it hammered 1000 CHF on an estimate of 50 CHF).