Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2212. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Nicholas II. 1894-1917. AV 5 Rubles. St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1909. Bare head left / 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. Edge variety cannot be determined. Bitkin 34-35; Uzdenikov 353; Severin 588; KM 62; Friedberg 180. In NGC slab, graded MS66. ($200)