Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1269. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AV Poltina - Half Rouble (0.66 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1777. “By the grace of God, Ekaterina II, Emp(ress) in Cyrillic, crowned bust right / “Poltina” • 1756 in Cyrillic, crowned large script E II monogram. Bitkin 116; Uzdenikov 4086; Friedberg 136; KM (C)75. VF, mount removed.

According to Uzdenikov, this issue was intended for use at the Imperial Court.