Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2189. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Alexander III. 1881-1894. AV 5 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1893. Bare head right / 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. Bitkin 39; Uzdenikov 310; Severin 544; KM 42; Friedberg 168. In PCGS slab, graded MS61. ($250)