RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AR Poltina (31mm, 11.76 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint; Stepan Afonasiev, mintmaster. Dated 1769 СПБ CA. Crowned and mantled bust right; I • I on truncation of arm / Crowned double-headed eagle facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger . Diakov 225; Bitkin 285. Fine, cleaned, struck with worn dies.