Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761), Rouble, 1756, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned double-headed eagle, edge obliquely grained, 1.58g, 12h (Sev. 198; Uzd. 0883; Bitkin 59-60 [R1]; Diakov 259), brighter surfaces, otherwise residually lustrous, a full broad-striking, good very fine, and with an esteemed pedigree
provenance
Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. Spink-Stack's, 18 April 2005, lot 2014, wherein graded NGC AU50
Bespalov, Kende Galleries, March 1944, lot 127 (part)