Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2398. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Catherine I. 1725-1727. AR Ruble (27.08 g, 12h). Moscow (Red) mint. Dated 1726. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Crowned double-headed imperial Russian eagle facing with wings displayed, holding sceptre and globus cruciger, crown above; 1726 in legend. Bitikin 17; cf. Uzdenikov 644. VF, even gray fields.