Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2195. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $440. 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 three letters of legend under bust, which is slightly larger / 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 2; Uzdenikov 321; Severin 562; KM 65; Friedberg 177. In ANACS slab, graded MS62. ($400)