Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 95

THE NEW YORK SALE

Catherine II, 1762-1796

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2105		10 Roubles 1764 C??-TI. GOLD. 13.09 gm. Bit 9 (R), Diakov 46 (R2), Sev 265 (S), Fr 129a. Decent lustre. Good extremely fine. Estimate $5,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,505
Lot 2106		10 Roubles 1772 C?? GOLD. 12.89 gm. Bit 25 (R), Diakov 274 (R1), Sev 301 (S), Fr 129a. Thin edge split as minted. Some contact marks. Very fine. Estimate $3,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,304
Lot 2107		10 Roubles 1777-TI. C?? GOLD. 13.09 gm. Bit 34 (R1), Diakov 351 (R2), Petrov (30 Rubl.), Sev 316 (R), Fr 129a. About extremely fine. Estimate $5,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,750
Lot 2108		10 Roubles 1780 C?? GOLD. 13.04 gm. Bit 38 (R), Ilyin 20 Rubl.), Fr 129a. Hairlines. About extremely fine. Estimate $6,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2109		5 Roubles 1765 C??-TI. GOLD. Engraver�s initials TI on sleeve. 6.40 gm. Bit 57 (R), Sev 266, Fr 130a. Once mounted and polished. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2110		Rouble 1762 C??-TI-HK. Bit 183, Sev 1915. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 58. Great mint lustre, Almost uncirculated. Estimate $1,250UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,180
Lot 2111		Rouble 1763 C??-TI-HK. Bit 183, Sev 1915. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU Details � Excessive surface hairlines. Light reverse deposits. About uncirculated. Estimate $600UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2112		Rouble 1765 C??-?I. Bit 187, Diakov 81, Sev 1965. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 55. Sharp strike, pleasing lustre, pearly gray. Choice about uncirculated. Estimate $900UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2113		Rouble 1766 C??-TI-A? Bit 197, Diakov 132, Sev 1976. Authenticated and graded by PCGS AU 55. Lustrous and attractive. Choice about uncirculated. Estimate $900UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2114		Rouble 1768 C??-TI-A? Bit 204, Sev 2017 A. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 53. Lustrous. Choice about uncirculated. Estimate $700UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $826
Lot 2115		Rouble 1769 C??-TI-CA. Bit 206, Sev 2031. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 58. Satiny lustre. Choice about uncirculated. Estimate $1,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,151
Lot 2116		Rouble 1770 C??-TI-?? Bit 209, Sev 2044. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU Details � Surface hairlines. About uncirculated. Estimate $600UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2117		Rouble 1776 C??-T?-?? 25.06 gm. Bit 221, Diakov 339, Sev 2112. Pale slate gray. About uncirculated. Estimate $500UP Comes with Rarcoa (31 North Clark St., Chicago) sales tag. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2118		Rouble 1780 C??-?? Bit 228, Sev 2155, Diakov 403, Sev 1155. Marked �L. Soedermnann Collection� on a holder. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 58. Almost uncirculated. Estimate $1,250UP View details	Unsold
Lot 2119		Rouble 1781 C??-?? 23.84 gm. Bit 230, Diakov 414, Sev 2172 (S). Soft iridescent hues. Choice extremely fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2120		Rouble 1782 C??-?? 22.46 gm. Bit 233, Diakov 437, Sev 2186 (S). Light pearly-gray, pleasing lustre. Choice about uncirculated. Estimate $500UP Comes with Rarcoa (31 North Clark St., Chicago) sales tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,092
Lot 2121		Poltina 1762 MM?-TI-?M. 11.59 gm. Bit 135 (R), Diakov 9 (R1), Sev 1895 (R). Obverse die flaw and some haymarking. Very fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $378
Lot 2122		Polupoltinnik 1775 MM?-CA. 6.10 gm. Bit 149, Sev 2098 (S). Even medium gray. Good extremely fine. Estimate $250UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $236
Lot 2123		Polupoltinnik 1793 C??-?A. Bit 356 (R), Diakov 726 (R1), Petrov (4 Rubl.), Sev 2310 (R). Rare. Authenticated and graded by NGC XF 45. Choice extremely fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $543
Lot 2124		20 Kopecks 1771 C??-TI. 4.85 gm. Bit 379, Diakov 264, Sev 2049. Extremely fine. Estimate $250UP Comes with Rarcoa (31 N. Clark St) sales tag. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2125		15 Kopecks 1778 C?? BCEPOCC. Large planchet. Bit 427 (R1), Diakov 381 (R1), Petrov (5 Rubl.), Sev 2130 (R). Authenticated and graded by NGC VF 25. Slate gray. Very fine. Estimate $400UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2126		Grivennik 1767/4 ???-TI. 2.41 gm. Overdate. Bit 470, Diakov 174, Sev 1981. Nice for the issue. Extremely fine. Estimate $250UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $271
Lot 2127		5 Kopecks 1787. Swedish copy. Avesta mint. 52.46 gm. Bit ?1289 (R2), B 5 (RR), Ilyin (30 Rubl.). Very rare. Very fine. Estimate $1,000UP Comes with World Wide Coins of CA � James F. Elmen sales tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,832
Lot 2128		2 Kopecks TM. Tauric mint. 18.28 gm. Bit 858 (R2), B 171 (RR), Uzd 2800 (R). Crowned monogram within wreath dividing date / St. George and dragon over a value, mintmark TM. Rare and unusually nice for the issue. Almost extremely fine. Estimate $2,000UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,124
Lot 2129		Recoinage by Paul (1797). 5 Kopecks 1793 EM. Struck on 1796 10 Kopecks with host coin date are visible. 51.50 gm. Bit 101, B 10 (S). Deep cocoa-brown. 125. Estimate $125UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $118
Lot 2130		Recoinage by Paul (1797). 5 Kopecks 1796 EM. Edge: 5. 52.80 gm. Bit 109 (R1), B 17 (S). Dark toffee-brown. Uncirculated. Estimate $500UP Ex Heifetz Collection 1796 Cipher 10 Kopecks; A Classic Russian Rarity. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2131		10 Kopecks 1796. Cipher series. 45.08 gm. Edge: 5. Bit 887 (R2), B 35 (RRR), Uzd 2905 (R). Very rare original issue, signs of overstrike. Minor edge flaws as minted. Typical surface marks. Very fine. Estimate $3,000UP Ex Jascha Heifetz Collection, Part 2, Superior Galleries, New York, NY, Dec. 9-10, 1989, lot 2165. With sale tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,505
Lot 2132		5 Kopecks 1796. Cipher series. Novodel. 33.17 gm. 37 mm. Edge: 5. Bit H903 (R2), B 32. Orange red-brown, good lustre. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Estimate $1,000UP Comes with World Wide Coins of CA � James F. Elmen sales tag. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,652
Lot 2133		Ottoman Occupation. Ashrafi (Altun), Tiflis, AH 1115. GOLD. 3.45 gm. A-2706 (RR), Lang XI, 7; Artuk 1770, Pere 514, Bennett 743, Fr.10. Extremely Fine and Extremely Rare. Estimate $4,000UP Ex Künker Auction 210, June 2012, lot 997;.Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Auction 153, Oct. 2006, lot 5182. During the Russo-Persian War of 1722-1723, Peter the Great�s armies captured portions of Iran�s northwest territories, including parts of Daghestan, Azerbaijan and Baku. The Ottoman Turks, meanwhile, invaded the Safavid Empire and seized other chunks of Iran�s northwestern realm. This included eastern Georgia and Tbilisi (Tiflis), which they occupied from 1723-1735. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,776
Lot 2134		Russian Protectorate. Erekle II (1762-1798). Bisti, Tiflis 1781 - AH 1201 (1786/7 AD). 18.18 gm. Bennett 896 (RR). Double-headed eagle. The Western date and Islamic date do not correspond which was often the case with this series which began in 1783. Very rare. Slightly rough surfaces. Very Fine. Estimate $500UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $679
Lot 2135		Russian Protectorate. Erekle II (1762-1798). Bisti, Tiflis 1787 - AH 1201. 16.9 gm. Bennett 898 (R). Double-headed eagle. About very fine. Estimate $250UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $378
Lot 2136		Russian Protectorate. Erekle II (1762-1798). Half Bisti, Tiflis 1796 - AH 1210 (1786/7 AD). 7.75 gm. Bennett 908a (R). Single-headed eagle, hijra date written as "1201". Rich olive brown. Very fine. Estimate $400UP Erekle II was a strong, heroic and conscientious ruler, but he found his kingdom beset by the machinations of Persia and the Ottomans, along with the marauding of Dagestan. When Russia expanded southwards into Crimea in 1783, the Caucasus entered Catherine the Great�s sphere of interest. In that year, Erekle signed the Treaty of Georgievsk which transformed Georgia into a Russian protectorate while giving him the assurances he sought for his kingdom�s security. Those assurances, though, would prove ethereal. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792, the small Tbilisi-based Russian forces were evacuated. When Muhammad Khan Qajar sought to revive the Persian Empire and restore the Caucasus to its fold, he demanded Erekle submit to his suzerainty. Erekle refused. In September 1795, a Persian army of 35,000 men invaded Georgia. No Russian support was forthcoming. At the Battle of Krtsanisi,Erekle�s small army of 5,000 was nearly annihilated and Tbilisi was sacked. Erekle, who personally fought as part of the Georgian advance guard, was finally spirited away by what remained of his bodyguards. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $472
Lot 2137		Anonymous issue, struck during the reign of Giorgi XII (1798-1800). Abazi (Shahi), Tiflis AH 1213. 0.73 gm. A-2977 (RR), Bennett 1067 (RR). Very rare. Attractive old toning. Choice extremely fine. Estimate $500UP Already in ill health when he ascended the throne, Giorgi XII would prove to be the last Bagratid ruler of Kartli and Kakheti. He found his capital, Tbilisi largely in ruins and his kingdom still suffering from the ravishment of the 1795 Persian invasion. Unable to curtail the disorder, dynastic intrigue, and the threat of a new Persian invasion plaguing his short reign, Giorgi would place his Georgian kingdom under direct Russian rule with the proviso that the Bagratids would remain as hereditary viceroys. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $472