Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1303. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich. 1894-1917. AV 10 Roubles (8.60 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Felix Zaleman, mintmaster. Dated 1901. _ ”By the grace of God, Nikolai II Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia” in Cyrillic, bare head left / 10 “Roubles” 1901 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 1 Zolotnik 78,24 Dolyas” (mintmaster’s initials) in Cyrillic. Bitkin 8; Uzdenikov 339; Friedberg 179; KM (Y)64 note. In an NGC slab graded PF 64 Cameo.