Live auction - fwo_396076 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Rouble 1777 Saint-Pétersbourg
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 390 € |
| Maximum bid : | 452 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 17:59:43 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Rouble
Date: 1777
Mint name / Town : Saint-Pétersbourg
Quantity minted : 2000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,67 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Slab
PCGS : XF
Coments on the condition:
Ce rouble est parfaitement centré sur un flan régulier. Il présente des rayures superficielles dans le champ au droit. Défauts de frappe au revers. La monnaie est recouverte d’une belle patine grise glacée d’ancienne collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Catherine II. Dans les cheveux, la couronne impériale entourée d'une couronne de laurier ; au-dessous CIIb.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Catherine impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) 1777.
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 : N-3.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie rouble, 1777).
Commentary
Ce type de buste fut employé sur les roubles frappés de 1777 à 1782.
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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