Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2186. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander II. 1855-1881. AV 5 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint; Nikolai Follendorf, mintmaster. Dated 1878. Double-headed imperial eagle with crown above, holding sceptre and orb, shield of St. George on breast with eight provincial coats-of-arms on wings / Legend and date. Bitkin 41; Uzdenikov 273; Severin 507; KM B26; Friedberg 163. In ANACS slab, graded MS64. ($300)