Live auction - fwo_349405 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Rouble 1766 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 17:58:43 |
Type : Rouble
Date: 1766
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,14 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Slab
PCGS : VF
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est frappée sur un flan très légèrement irrégulier. On note quelques petits coups sur la tranche et une ancienne trace de lime à 12 heures. La monnaie est recouverte d’une patine gris foncé de collection ancienne. Sous coque PCGS VF30
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé de Catherine II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant, un ruban noué dans les cheveux ; TI sur la tranche du buste.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Catherine impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) 1766.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale surmontée de trois couronnes impériales ; dans ses serres le globe et le sceptre ; sur sa poitrine l'écusson aux armes de Moscou (saint Georges à cheval, à droite). Autour de l'écu la grande chaîne de l'Ordre de Saint-André. De part et d'autre de la queue de l'aigle : A-I.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie rouble, 1766).
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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