Russia, Empire. Catherine I AR Poltina. St Petersburg mint, 1727. ЕКАТЕРIНА • IМПЕРАТРIЦА • I САМОДЕРЖИЦА • ВСЕРОС :, crowned and draped bust to left / МОНЕТА • НОВАЯ • ЦЕНА • ПОЛТIНА ★ (date), crowned double-headed imperial eagle, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; crown above, СП-Б across lower fields. Bitkin -, cf. 214-5 (same rev. die). 13.66g, 35mm, 12h.

Very Fine; scattered hairlines and contact marks, attractive light cabinet tone. Rare; seemingly not in Bitkin.

From the GK Collection of Russian Coins.