Watch List notes:

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Rouble (36mm, 23.50 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Ivan Zaitsev, mintmaster. Dated 1780 СПБ. Б · M · EKATEPИHA · II · IMП · ИICAMOД · BCEPOCC ·, crowned and draped bust right; спБ below / MOHETA · P(OУ)БЛЬ · 17 80, double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; imperial crown above; и з flanking tail. Edge: /////. Diakov 403; Bitkin 228; Severin 2156; Uzdenikov 1104. EF, toned.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (22 July 1992), lot 1465.