Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2097. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander I. 1801-1825. AR Ruble (20.83 g, 1h). St. Petersburg mint; Alex Ivanov, mintmaster. Dated 1803. Imperial double-headed eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast / Crown above legend, all within wreath of laurel and oak. Bitkin 33; Uzdenikov 1344; Severin 2534; Davenport 279; KM 125. UNC, toned, a few flan flaws. ($750)