Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1268. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AV 10 Roubles (12.99 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1777. “By the grace of God, Ekaterina II, Emp(ress) and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic; mintmark in exergue, crowned bust right / “Russian Empire, money weight 10 Roubles” in Cyrillic, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms of Moskva, Kazan, Novosibirsk, and Astrkhan in ornate frames around central imperial Russian coat-of-arms; flowers at angles; 1–7–7–7 in voids. Bitkin 34; Uzdenikov 138; cf. Friedberg 129b; KM (C)79b. Good VF, small hairline fissure on reverse. Rare.