Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2194. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas II. 1894-1917. AV 15 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1897. Bare head left; last two letters of legend under bust / 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 1; Uzdenikov 322; Severin 559; KM 65; Friedberg 177. In ANACS slab, graded AU53. ($400)