Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2401. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA. Peter III. 1761-1762. AR Ruble (23.73 g, 12h). St. Petersburg mint; Nazar Kutuzov, mintmaster. Dated 1762. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial Russian eagle facing with wings displayed, coat-of-arms on breast, holding sceptre and globus cruciger, crown above; 1762 in legend. Bitikin 11; Uzdenikov 924. VF, even gray tone, small area of cabinet friction on obverse, light scratch across reverse.