Live auction - fwo_410301 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II 1 Grivennik ou 10 Kopecks 1772 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 245 € |
| Maximum bid : | 267 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 18:28:23 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 1 Grivennik ou 10 Kopecks
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 510000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire idéalement centré avec un beau portrait de Catherine. La pièce est recouverte d’une patine de collection ancienne, glacée et plus sombre au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Catherine II de Russie.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Catherine II impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) 1772.
Reverse description : Couronne au dessus de la légende, une palme de chaque côté.
Commentary
Il est rare de voir des exemplaires dans un tel état de conservation pour ce type monétaire qui a énormément circulé.
Historical background
RUSSIA - CATHERINE II
(07/17/1762-11/17/1796)
Catherine (2/05/1729-17/11/1796) was the greatest tsarina after Peter the Great. She succeeded her husband, Pierre III, who was deposed in 1762 before being assassinated by the Orloff brothers. His very long reign brought Russia into the "Age of Enlightenment". Friend of the philosophers including Diderot from whom she bought his library, liberal, she nevertheless reinforced the despotism and the nationalization of Russia. She fought against the Turks and was an opponent of the French Revolution.
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