Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2086. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Catherine II, the Great. 1762-1796. AR Ruble (24.28 g, 12h). St. Petersburg mint; Feodor Lesnikov, mintmaster. Dated 1779. Crowned draped bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle with sceptre and orb, St. George coat-of arms on breast. Edge: grained. Bitkin 227; Uzdenikov 1097; Severin 2149; Davenport 1684; KM 67a.2. EF, lustrous. ($1500)