Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 119

THE NEW YORK SALE

Russian Coins & Historical Medals

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1001		Principality of Podolsk-?????????? ????????? Time of Princes Konstantin, 1380-1391. Half Groschen. Smotrich mint. 1.14 gm. St. George left slaying the dragon (Koriatovich Arms) / Shield with the Hungarian and Polish � Anjou Kings Arms, three stars around; +H (EREDIS ET) DOMINI D(E SM)OTRIC. Extremely rare and among only a handful known. Good very fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,940
Lot 1002		Jefimok Half Ruble, 1655. 15.29 gm. Counterstamped on a Saxon Taler, Dresden mint (16)15 of Johann Georg and August. Spaskii � unlisted, Zander p. 15. This Half Ruble was made from a bisected host already counterstamped. Spasski suggest that this halving of already counterstamped pieces reflects a step to salvage some badly cracked Jefimoks by cutting away the damaged half. Extremely rare. Pleasing medium gray, Extremely fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex The New York Sale, January 7, 2010, lot 1004: Ex Albert Kruse Collection, Gorny & Mosch Sale 106, October 11-12, 2000, lot 4204. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,580
Lot 1003		Double Ducat 1714. Moscow, Red mint. Novodel. Plain edge. Bit H18 (R2), Sev 39 (RRR). Very rare, Extremely fine. Estimated Value $10,000 - UP Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 167, March 19-20, 2008, lot 5011. Come with auction tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $15,600
Lot 1004		Rouble 1718 OK-L. IL on edge. 27.49 gm. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Small head, arabesque on chest. Bit 237 (R1), Diakov (2012) 550 (R3), Petrov (12 Rubl.). Rare. Soft charcoal gray, About extremely fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex Baldwin�s Sale # 75, London, UK, September 2012, lot 1003. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1005		Rouble 1719. 28.34 gm. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. No engravers mark. Rosette on shoulder. Bit 250 (R1), Diakov (2012) 729 (R2), GM 102.9, Petrov (8 Rubl.). A few minor obverse flan flaws, Very fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1006		Rouble ?A?KA (1721). 28.89 gm. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Large clover leaf between dots above head. Bit 444-445, Diakov 7, Sev 503 (S), Uzd 0598. Certified and graded by NGC AU 53. Satiny gray with pale gold highlights. About uncirculated. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1007		Rouble ?A?KA (1721) Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Bit 448, Diakov (2012) 1130. Authenticated and graded by NGC XF 45. Pale violet-gray, Good extremely fine. Estimated Value $800 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,640
Lot 1008		Rouble 1722. 28.15 gm. Moscow. Red mint. W/o engraver. Small cruciform. Bit 835 (R1), Diakov 5, Diakov (2012) 1223 (R1), Sev 530 (S), Uzd 0602 (S). Light gray, decent lustre, Extremely fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex Hess-Divo Sale # 296. Zurich, Switzerland, lot 570. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,360
Lot 1009		Rouble 1724. Moscow, Red mint. Roman bust�. 28.22 gm. Bit 952, Diakov (2012) 1470 (R1). Toned over some old obverse scratches and graffiti upper reverse field. Very fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 1010		Rouble 1724. ??? �Sun Rouble�. Bit 1321 (R), Diakov 15, Diakov (2012) 1454 (R1), Uzd 0626 (S). Medium gray. Certified and graded by NGC VF 25. Very fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex Ira & Larry Goldberg�s � The Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection of Russian Coins�, Beverly Hills, Ca, June 7, 2000, lot 5117. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,080
Lot 1011		Rouble 1725 OK. Moscow, Red mint. 26.87 gm. Bit 990 (R), Diakov (2012) 1633. Once wiped, now toning. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 1012		Rouble 1725 ??? �Sun Rouble�. Mmk under sleeve. Struck over a European Taler. 28.28 gm. Bit 1373 (R), Diakov (2012) 1562 (R1), Diakov 18, Sev 672 (S). Cf. Zander p.24. Our research found no record of any other St. Petersburg mint Peter the Great Rouble with clear traces of a lettered edge. Important as such and Extremely rare. Choice very fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP Ex The New York Sale, Jan. 7, 2010, lot 1017 ($10,000.), comes with tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,880
Lot 1013		Poltina 1707. Arabic date. Novodel. Oblique milling. Bit H574 (R2). Very rare. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 61. Trivial obverse laminations and diebreaks. Lustrous, steel lavender gray with pearly silver white highlights. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Estimated Value $6,000 - UP Ex The New York Sale XVIII, January 10, 2008, lot 1024. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,600
Lot 1014		Tympf (12 Kopecks) 1707 IL-L. 6.06 gm. Bit 3793 (R1), Diakov 14, Petrov (15 Rubl.), Sev 219 (R), Uzd 4854. Rare. Toned charcoal gray. Certified and graded by NGC XF 45. Choice extremely fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP Ex Credit de la Bourse, Paris, May 23, 1996, Lot # 533. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1015		Tympf 1707 IL-L. Moscow, Kadashevsky mint. 6.92 gm. Bit 3803 (R1), Diakov (2012) 279 (R2), Diakov 22, Petrov (12 Rubl.). Rare. Surface corrosion. Very fine details. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1016		Kopeck ?A?SI (1716) ?? Moscow, Naberezhny mint. Small ground beneath mm, four-petal device reverse legend. B 242 (R), Diakov 28. Authenticated and graded by PCGS MS 62 BN. Reddish-brown. Brilliant uncirculated. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $384
Lot 1017		Medal of 20 Ducat weight. GOLD. 48 mm. 69.46 gm. Unknown engraver. On the Marriage of Tsarevich Alexei and Princess Charlotte, 1711. Diakov 41.1 (R5), Reichel 1150, Sokolov 163 (R5) -- unpriced. Conjoined busts right of Alexey Petrovich, heir to the throne, and Charlotte Christine Sophie, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Latin legend around / Two hands clasped above a flaming altar festooned with two shields bearing the Arms of Russia and Brunswick, Latin legend around, in ex: "Celebrating the marriage in Torgau 25 October 1711". Excessively rare an apparently UNIQUE. Reverse edge cud as made. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $100,000 - UP Son of Tsar Peter and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina, Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich was bought up by his mother who was disdainful of Peter. Because of the animosity between his parents (who divorced in 1698), Alexei came to feel little affection for his father and grew to despise him, repeatedly thwarting his father�s plans to raise him as a successor to the throne. Alexei married Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, who was connected by marriage to many of the greatest families in Europe, in Torgau, in October 1711. As part of the marriage contract any forthcoming children would be raised in the Orthodox faith, but Charlotte was allowed to keep her Protestant faith � an agreement opposed by Alexei�s followers. The first six months of marriage were happy, but spiraled downward in the next six months. Alexei was frequently drunk, pronounced his wife "too-thin" and "pockmarked", ignored her in public and insisted on separate apartments. Nonetheless, the couple had two children, Natalia, born July 21, 1714 and Peter, born October 23, 1715 (the future Peter II). Charlotte died giving birth to Peter. On the day of her funeral, Tsar Peter sent Alexei a stern missive, threatening to cut him off if he did not take an interest in affairs of the state. Alexei replied by offering to renounce his succession in favor of his infant son Peter. Tsar Peter agreed to this but on condition that Alexei remove himself as a dynastic threat and become a monk. In August, 1716, Peter requested Alexei join him and his army if he wanted to remain tsarevich. Rather than give in to his father�s demands, Alexei fled to Vienna, placing himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, Emperor Charles VI, who ensconced Alexei first in a Tyrolean fort and then Castello Sant�Elmo in Naples. The Tsar was insulted, considering the flight of the tsarevich to a foreign power as a reproach and a scandal. He believed it imperative that Alexei return. Alexei would only consent to return if his father solemnly swore to not punish him in any way, to cherish him as a son and to allow him to live quietly on his estates with his Finnish mistress Afrosinia. On the 31st of January 1718, Alexei reached Moscow. But concerned about reactionaries and in a bout of paranoia and hatred, Peter embarked on an inquisition and campaign of terror against Alexei and anyone connected to him. A "confession" regarding his flight to Vienna was extorted from Alexei which implicated most of his friends. Alexei�s mother, the ex-Tsarina Eudoxia was dragged from her monastery and publically tried for alleged adultery. Any who had befriended Alexei where impaled or broken on the wheel while being savagely tortured. Alexei�s servants were beheaded or had their tongues cut out. On June 19, 1718, a weak and ailing Alexei received 25 strokes of the knout, then another 15 a few days later. On June 24, through more coerced and extorted "confessions", Alexei was found guilty of treason by the Senate and court magistrates and sentenced to death. Alexei died two days later in the Fortress of Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg. Ex Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich, Christie�s, London, July 3, 1950, lot 300: Ex Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich, Adolph Hess, Luzern, 25 October 1939, lot 74. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $111,000
Lot 1018		Medal To Captain Simontoff for the Building of the Taganrog Harbor, 1709. By unknown engraver I.? Bronze. 41.7x37mm. Sm 185, Diakov 29.4. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Peter r. / Plan of the fortress and harbor of Taganrog. About uncirculated. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $384
Lot 1019		Prut Campaign Medal. 1711. By ?? (D. Bechter). Bronze. Chep 31, Diakov 403. Holed. Moderate wear. Good very fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1020		Award Medal to Captain Simontoff for the Building of Taganrog Harbor, 1709. White Metal. 37.5 x 42 mm. By S. Gouin. Diakov 29.1. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Peter r., signed GOUIN.F: below / Plan of the fortress and harbor of Taganrog. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1021		Medal. Bronze. Oval, 35 x 41 mm. Unsigned. Prut Campaign, 1711. Diakov 402, Sm 196/a. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Peter right / Crowned Imperial eagle, St. George shield on its breast, holding naval flags along with orb and scepter in its talons. Choice extremely fine. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $408
Lot 1022		Medallion. White Porcelain. Oval. 18th Century. 42 x 33 mm. Continental manufacture. Laureate, draped and armored bust of Peter the Great right. Small chipping at side and bottom Otherwise well-preserved. Estimated Value $400 - UP Ex The New York Sale, Jan. 8, 2009, lot 1045. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1023		Reverse Cliché. Silver. 50 mm. 10.54 gm. On the Death of Peter I, 1725. Cf.Diakov 63, Iversen LVII-1. Eternity carrying Peter heavenwards, Russia seated by the shore, scepter and orb on a pillow to her left, emblems of Science, Art and Industry at her feet, ship, its oars down, before. Rare. Soft iridescent hues, Extremely fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 1024		Rouble 1726. 27.62 gm. Moscow. Red mint. Bust right type. Bit 45, Diakov 28, Sev 824 (S), Uzd 0648 (S). Some old obverse hairlines. Sharp strike for issue. Pearly lustre. About extremely fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,080
Lot 1025		Poltina 1727 C?? 13.69 gm. Bust right type. Bit 218 (R), Diakov 7, Sev 858 (S). Scarce. A few dark areas, Choice very fine or better. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,620
Lot 1026		Rouble 1727 ??? 27.88 gm. Seven rivets near sleeve straps. Bit 147, Diakov 15, Sev 942. Bright from old polishing. Good very Fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 1027		Rouble 1729. Portrait of �1728�. 27.30 gm. Bit 100, Diakov 16, Sev 1002 (S), Uzd 0689. Old toning with champagne highlights over some hairlines on the obverse. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $900 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,050
Lot 1028		Rouble 1729. Moscow. 28.06 gm. Kadashevskiy Mint. Portrait of 1727. Bit 97 (R) � no illustration, Diakov � no illustration, GM � unlisted, Konros 3100 (R3 !!), Petrunin 131.1(R). Very rare special variety. Toned. Very fine. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex Numismatic Lanz Sale # 137, Munich, Germany, November 27, 2007. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1030		Rouble 1729. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Type 1729 with Orders ribbon on chest. Bit 114, Diakov 27, Uzd 0690. Pale golden tone, medium gray. Bold strike. Certified and graded by PCGS XF 45. Good extremely fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,500
Lot 1031		Kopeck 1728 MOCKBA. Reclining rider, date read upward. Bit 187 (R), B 8. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 58 BN. Choice about uncirculated. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 1032		Kopeck 1728. Moscow, Kadashevsky mint. 4.27 gm. Bit 192, B 8, Diakov 11. Deep brown, very light residue bottom of obverse. Uncirculated. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 1033		Rouble 1731. 25.40 gm. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Curled hairlock missing behind ear. Bitkin 36 (R1), Diakov 1, Poluiko 31.4 (!). Rare. Good lustre. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1034		Rouble 1733. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Bitkin 66. Deep old collection tone over underlying lustre. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 53. About uncirculated. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 1035		Rouble 1733/4. Overdate. 25.12 gm. Moscow. Kadashevskiy Mint. Portrait in high relief. No brooch on bosom. Bitkin 82 (R1), Diakov 6, Petrov (8 Rubl.), Sev 1164 (R). A few old obverse scratches. Snowy gray. Rare. Very fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex Singapore Coin Auction # 38, Singapore, March 11, 2004, lot 934. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1036		Rouble 1734. Letter B on sleeve straps. Engraved by Vasiliev. 25.57 gm. Bit 105 (R1), Diakov 30, Sev 1182 (RR). Very rare. Very fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1037		Rouble 1734. 25.13 gm. Regal portrait type. Bitkin � unlisted, Diakov 24, Konros 1025 (R1), Poluiko 34.19 # 284 (!). Rare. Attractive blue, violet and amber peripheral hues. About uncirculated. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex �The New York Sale, VI, New York, NY, January 16, 2003, lot 598. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,530
Lot 1038		Rouble 1734. 25.59 gm. Large head. Crown parts legend. Bit 91 (R1), Diakov 14, Petrov (6 Rubl.), Uzd 0712 (S). Pearly peripheral highlights. About extremely fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,440
Lot 1039		Rouble 1736. Moscow, Kadashevsky. No straps by left shoulder, no pendant on bosom. 25.84 gm. Bit 125, Diakov 1, Sev 1222 (S). Steely pale lavender-gray. About extremely fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP Comes with old collector�s notes and rubbing with purchase date Nov. 11, 1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 1040		Rouble 1737. Moscow, Red mint.2. 5.68 gm. Dmitriev dies, five pearls in coiffure, ??-? Cf.Bit 199, Diakov 28�no illustration, Petrov (15 Rubl.), Sev 1264 (S), Uzd 0731. Very rare variety missing in Bitkin and not illustrated in Diakov. Very minor obverse laminations, Good extremely fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,046
Lot 1041		Poltina 1733. Moscow, Kadashevsky. 12.54 gm. Bit 146, Diakov 7, Sev 1112 (S). Toned over a few old obverse contact marks. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $750 - UP Comes with old collector�s notes and rubbing, with purchase date April 1, 1978. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 1042		Grivennik 1733. Moscow, Kadashevsky. Narrow tail. Bit 185 (R), Diakov 2, Sev 1105. Authenticated and graded by NGC XF 45. Light pearly gray. Good extremely fine. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $750
Lot 1043		Jetton 1739. Silver. 21 mm. To Commemorate Peace with Turkey. Bit ?418, Diakov 81.5 (R1), Sm 225, Rudenko 1739.2 (R3). Crowned and mantled bust right / Eagle with laurel wreath in its beak atop trophies. Authenticated and graded by PCGS AU 53. Deep gray. About uncirculated. Estimated Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1044		Bronze. 22 mm. To Commemorate Peace with Turkey. Novodel. Struck on a double thick planchet. Bit ?421 (R2), Diakov 81.5 (R1), Sm 225, Rudenko 1739.n.2 (R3). Crowned and mantled bust right / Eagle with laurel wreath in its beak atop trophies. Rare. Once cleaned. Extremely fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1045		Grivennik 1771 MM? Moscow, Red mint. 2.52 gm. Bit 13 (R1), Diakov 8. Petrov (5 Rubl.), Sev 1344 (S). Authenticated and graded by NGC Unc Details � cleaned. Reverse lamination. Once lightly wiped in the past now toned, light medium gray. Sharp portrait. Uncirculated. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP Ex Henry Christensen Auction, New York, Dec. 10-11, 1982, lot 977. Comes with auction envelope. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1046		Polushka 1741. Ekaterinburg. 3. 77 gm. Bit 46 (R1), B 1 (R). Edge ding. Very fine. Estimated Value $100 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1047		5 Kopecks 1760. Ekaterinburg. 55.21 gm. Bit 440, B 126, Uzd 2602. Deep olive-green. Much better than average. Choice extremely fine. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1048		Jetton. 1761. GOLD. On the Death of Empress Elizabeth. Bit ?837 (R2), Diakov 107.6 (R3), Rudenko 1761.1 (R4). Crowned canopy with Elizabeth�s sarcophagus, Imperial cipher crowned above / Seven-line legend, crown above. Ex-mount, filed and scraped in peripheries with solder marks, edge damaged. Once set at the bottom of a Catherine the Great silver cup, hallmarked and dated 1775. The Jetton was foolishly and badly cut away from the cup and set in a modern bezel. Accompanied by the ruined cup and its fragments. At point of wear: Very Fine details. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1049		Jetton 1742. Silver. 22 mm. Coronation of Elizabeth. Novodel. Plain edge. Bit ?832 (R), Diakov 86.11 (R1), Sm 229, Rudenko 1742.n.2 (R4). Crown bathed in rays from sunburst above / Six-line legend and date. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62. Lovely pearly lavender-gray with soft violet hues. Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 1050		Jetton. 1761. Silver. 20 mm. 3.48 gm. On the Death of Empress Elizabeth. Bit ?838 (R), Diakov 107.6 (R1). Baldachin decorated with Elizabeth�s cipher above sarcophagus / Crown above seven-line legend. Good very fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1051		1/3 Taler, 1761. Königsberg. 8.18 gm. No punctuation in obverse legend, cross of Elizabeth's crown below G of DG. Olding 451A v, Bit 670v (R1), Diakov 701v (R1), Sev 1859, Uzd 4888. Pale violet-gray. Certified and graded by NGC AU 58. Almost uncirculated. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP Ex �The New York Sale�, New York, January 6, 2011, lot 1099. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,440

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