Exceptional Cameo Proof

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1297. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich. 1881-1894. AV 5 Roubles (6.44 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1893. _ ”By the grace of God, Aleksandr III Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic, crowned bust right / 5 “Roubles” 1893 in Cyrillic; É. in exergue, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei the First Called on breast; arms of Kazan, Kingdom of Poland, Crimea, and United Principal Russian Grand Duchies on right wing, Astrakhan, and Novosibirsk, Caucasus, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; filleted imperial crown above. On edge: “Unalloyed gold 1 Zolotnik 34•68 Dolyas” (Ä•É) in Cyrillic. Bitkin 39; Uzdenikov 310; Friedberg 168; KM (Y)42. In an NGC slab graded PF 66 Cameo.