Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2094. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Crimea, as Russian Protectorate. Shahin Giray. 1777-1783. Æ Kyrmis/5 Kopeks (45.84 g, 12h). Bagchih-Serei mint. Dated AH 1191, RY 4 (1780 AD). Titles of Shahin Giray in four lines framed by cartouches / Giray tamgha, mint and date within wreath. Bitkin 25; Uzdenikov -; Brekke 4; KM 34. Good VF, dark brown patina, typical die flaws. ($300)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.