Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2054. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Peter I, the Great. 1682-1725. AR Poltina (14.20 g, 12h). Dated 1722 (western). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; rosette on cloak / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle with sceptre and orb. Bitkin 490; Uzdenikov 605; Severin 524; KM 156. In NGC slab, graded XF45. ($5000)

The two halves of the collar forming the edge lettering were assembled incorrectly; the second half of the legend is inverted.