Watch List notes:

RUSSIA, Empire. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (42mm, 28.68 g, 12h). "Seaman" type. Possible Novodel issue. Krasny (Red) mint. Dated 1723. ΠETPЪ · A · ИMПEPATOPЬ ICAMOДEPЖEЦЬ · BCEPOCCIИCKИI ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / MOHETA HOBA ЦENA P(OУ)БЛЬ, crowned cruciform П monogram; i in quarters, 17 23 across field. Edge: (flower) MOCBOCBCKOΓO (two flowers) ДBOPA (flower) POCИICKOИ (three flowers) P(OУ)БЛЬ. Cf. Diakov 50 and 58 (for type); Bitkin 897; Severin 582-4, 587-602; Uzdenikov 0610 . EF, toned.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (22 July 1992), lot 1459.