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Russia, Empire. Catherine I AR Rouble. St Petersburg mint, 1725. ЕКАТЕРIНА • IМПЕРАТРIЦА • I САМОДЕРЖИЦА • ВСЕРОСIСКАЯ •, crowned and draped bust to left / МОНЕТА • НОВАЯ • ЦЕНА • РУБЛЬ • (date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; crown above, СП-Б• across lower fields. Bitkin 114. 29.30g, 43mm, 1h.

Near Extremely Fine. Rare; only 2 others on CoinArchives, none since 2012.

From the GK Collection of Russian Coins;
Ex Sincona AG, Auction 7, 9 October 2012, lot 142 (hammer: CHF 6,500).