Russia, Empire. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich (1894-1917) AR Rouble. Saint Petersburg mint, 1912. Elikum Babayantz, mintmaster. АΛЕКСАНДРЪ I БОЖİЕЮ МИΛОСТİЮ ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОССİЙСКİЙ, crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding sceptre and orb; coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; all set on ornate globe surmounted by filleted imperial crown; arms of Grand Duchy of Kiev, Grand Duchy of Novgorod, and Astrakhan to left, arms of Grand Duchy of Vladimir, Kazan, and Novosibirsk to right; all joined by floral chain; РУБΛЬ below / СΛАВНЫЙ ГОДЪ СЕЙ МИНУΛЪ, НО НЕ ПРОЙДУТЪ СОДѢЯННЫЕ ВЪ НЕМЪ ПОДВИГИ, 1812 above, date below. Bitkin 334; Severin 4164; Uzdenikov 4200; KM Y68. 19.97g, 34mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine; light contact marks on reverse.

From a private European collection.

Struck to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by Alexander in the War of 1812.