Live auction - fwo_410310 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Polupoltinnik (1/4 Rouble) 1794 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 422 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 18:27:23 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Polupoltinnik (1/4 Rouble)
Date: 1794
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 1000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,63 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire ayant conservé tout son brillant de frappe. Légère usure sur le buste à l’avers. Le revers est remarquable de finesse
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) 1794.
Reverse description : Aigle impérial bicéphale couronné.
Reverse translation : (Polupoltinnik).
Commentary
Exemplaire presque idéal, d’une qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type.
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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