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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 283

Russia, an extensive collection of Russian coins, medals and tokens housed in 10 albums, mostly identified, with additional background material: Album 1: wire money (39) of Ivan the Terrible, Michael Fedorovitch and later; Peter the Great, medal on the capture of Shlüsselberg, 1702, WM 71 (Diakov 15.3, but not listed in WM), fine/very fine, AE Kopeck (7), Denga (3), Polushka (11); Catherine I, Rouble, 1725 (Diak.51), edge smoothed, flan flaws, nearly very fine, AE 5-Kopeck (6), Grosch, Kopeck; square 5- and 1-Kopeck(s), 1726 (Uzd.p.366), and Polushka, 1727, the last three probably later; coins of Peter II in AR (2) and AE (3); Anna, AR (1) and AE (25); Ivan III, AR (1) and AE (3); Elisabeth, AR (3) and AE (33), Peter III, AR (1), and AE (4), Catherine II, AE (2); Album 2: Catherine II, AV 5-Roubles, 1765, good fine, mounted and sweated; AR Rouble, 1771, St. Petersburg, good very fine; coronation ´Ducat´ in AR; other coins in AR (4) and AE (136) including a 2-Kopecks, 1788 TM, fair, very rare; misc. items (3); Album 3: Siberia, Catherine II, AE 10-Kopecks (16), 5-Kopecks (12), 2-Kopecks (10), Kopeck (12), Denga (10), Polushka (8); Album 4: Paul I, AR 5-Kopeck (1), AE 2-Kopeck (22), 1-Kopeck (9), Denga (7), Polushka (2); Album 5: Alexander I, Rouble (8), 1/2 Rouble (1), 25-Kopecks (2), 10-Kopecks (1), 5-Kopecks in AR (4), AE (16), AE 2-Kopecks (39), 1-Kopeck (8), Denga (1); Album 6: Nicholas I, AV 5-Roubles (2), AR Rouble (17), 50 Kopecks (2), 25-Kopecks (1), 20-Kopecks (5), 10-Kopecks (9), 5- Kopecks in AR (18), AE (23), AE 3-Kopecks (12), 2-Kopecks (27), 1-Kopeck (32), Denga (14), Polushka (5); Album 7: Alexander II, AR Rouble (4), 1/2-Rouble (4), 25-Kopecks (9), 20-Kopecks (19), 15-Kopecks (7), 10-Kopecks (7), 5-Kopecks (AR) (6), AE (37), AE 3-Kopecks (16), 2-Kopecks (30), 1-Kopeck (23), Denga (11), Polushka (6), Alexander III, AR Rouble (6), 20- Kopeck (5), 15-Kopeck (3), 10-Kopeck (3), 5-Kopeck (11), AE 3-Kopeck (3), 2-Kopeck (7), 1-Kopeck (9), Denga (5), AE medal, AE coronation jeton; Album 8: Nicholas II, AV 15-Roubles (1), 10 Roubles (5), 5-Roubles (3), AR Rouble (20), 50-Kopecks (16), 25-Kopecks (2), 20-Kopecks (38), 15-Kopecks (34), 10-Kopecks (52), 5-Kopecks (AR) (19), (AE) (3), AE 3-Kopecks (26), 2-Kopecks (33), 1-Kopeck (34), 1/2-Kopeck (23), 1/4-Kopeck (14), medals in AR (1), AE (1), and AR coronation medallet; with 2 coins engraved with retrograde lettering as stamps, described as Birsk District, Kalmykin Rec. Gov., and Petropavlosk Reg. Gov., and paper stamps (11); Album 9: associated coinages - Armavir, AE (1), Crimea, AE (4), Finland, AR (12), AE (44), Georgia, AR (1), AE (4), German occupation, iron (10), Khwaresm, brass (4), Moldavia & Wallachia, AE (4), Poland, AR (9), AE (4), Prussia, AR (2), Spitzbergen, base alloys (5); Album 10: medallions and medallets, mostly modern, AR (9), base metal (48), miscellaneous modern coins, tokens etc. (30), metro tokens (24), in mixed condition, generally fair to very fine (1,429) Estimate £ 10,000-15,000 This collection includes some later strikings and copies. It is sold as viewed, with all faults, and is not subject to return.

Sold for
£23,000