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RUSSIA, Empire. Petr III Fyodorovitch. 1762. AR Rouble (39mm, 11h). St. Petersburg mint. Dated 1762 СПБ HK. Armored bust right / Crowned double-headed eagle facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; crown above, collared coat-of-arms on breast. Edge: engrailed. Diakov 7; Bitkin 11; KM (C) 47.2. Lightly toned and lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6906866-002, graded MS 62. Rare.
From the Alexander Christopher Collection.
The son of Anna Ioannova, the daughter of Petr I and Ekaterina I, Petr III was adopted by Yelizaveta and following her death became Tsar. He was a political disaster and following a very short reign, he was assassinated by Alexei Orlov, the favorite of Sophie, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, who then became Ekaterina II (“the Great”).
For an issue of Petr III as the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, see lot 819.
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