RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov. 1645-1676. AR Yefimok (42mm, 27.48 g). Dated 1655. 1655 in rectangular counterstamp and circular counterstamp of Alexei on horseback right, holding scepter, on a 1628 Brussels mint Patagon of the Spanish Netherlands. Spassky p. 127, fig. 91, 15; cf. Spassky, Yefimoks 527-8; KM 425. For host: G&H 329-3; Delmonte, Argent 295. Toned. Countermark Good VF, double struck. Host VF.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Willy Fuchs Collection (Sotheby's, 24 April 1997), lot 38, purchased from Goldhofer, 29 October 1989.