Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2101. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander I. 1801-1825. AR Poltina. St. Petersburg mint; Mikhail Federov, mintmaster. Dated 1812. 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 145; Uzdenikov 1403; Severin 2637; KM 129. In NGC slab, graded MS63. ($500)