Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1299. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AV 15 Roubles (12.90 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Apollon Grasgov, mintmaster. Dated 1897. _ ”By the grace of God, Nikolai II Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic, bare head left / 15 “Roubles” 1897 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, Novosibirsk, Caucasus, and Grand Duchy of Finland on left; filleted imperial crown above. On edge: “Unalloyed gold 2 Zolotnik 69,36 Dolyas” (Ä•É) in Cyrillic. Bitkin 1; Uzdenikov 321 var. (last four letters under bust); Friedberg 177; KM (Y)65. In an NGC slab graded AU 55.