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Russia, Empire. Peter III AR Rouble. Krasny (Moscow) mint, 1762. ПЕТРЪ∙III∙Б∙М∙IМП∙IСАМОДЕРЖ∙ВСЕРОС∙, armoured and draped bust right, with hair tied behind neck; ММД below / МОНЕТА∙ РУБЛЬ∙, crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding globe and sceptre; date above, Д-М (mintmark) across lower fields, МОСКОВСКОГО МАНЕТНАГО ДВОРА around edge. KM 47.1; Bitkin 9; Diakov 5; Davenport 1682. 23.65g, 39mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; some re-engraving to obv., old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.
From the collection of a Scientist.
Peter III was emperor of Russia for a mere six months before he was overthrown in a coup d'état organised against him by his wife. Following the successful putsch, she went on to become Russia's longest-ruling female leader, commonly known as Catherine II 'the Great'.
Good Very Fine; some re-engraving to obv., old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.
From the collection of a Scientist.
Peter III was emperor of Russia for a mere six months before he was overthrown in a coup d'état organised against him by his wife. Following the successful putsch, she went on to become Russia's longest-ruling female leader, commonly known as Catherine II 'the Great'.