E-auction 36-13474 - fre_310899 - RUSSIA - ANNA - COURLAND Rouble 1733 Moscou

RUSSIA - ANNA - COURLAND Rouble 1733 Moscou XF

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	400 €
Maximum bid :	540 €
End of the sale :	23 December 2013 16:57:00
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Rouble

Date: 1733

Mint name / Town : Moscou

Quantity minted : 2645330

Metal : silver

Diameter : 40,2 mm

Weight : 25,66 g.

Edge : chaînée

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.18/192.2 p. 949 - Dav.1671 - Sév.706 - Uzd.1132 - Mich.84, p. 91 (5/15)

Obverse

Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.

Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé d'Anne à droite vu de trois quarts en avant avec la petite couronne.

Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Anne impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.

Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale surmontée de trois couronnes impériales ; dans ses serres le globe et le sceptre ; sur sa poitrine l'écusson aux armes de Moscou (saint Georges à cheval, à droite). Autour de l'aigle la grande chaîne de l'Ordre de Saint-André.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie rouble, 1733).

Commentary

Il existe plusieurs variétés de buste ; les roubles avec ce type de buste furent frappés à Moscou en 1733 et 1734.

Historical background

RUSSIA - ANNA - COURLAND

(29/01/1730-28/10/1740)

Anne (7/02/1693-28/10/1740) is the daughter of Ivan V (1682-1689), the half-brother of Peter the Great. She succeeded Peter II (1727-1730). She had married Frédéric-Guillaume, Duke of Courland. Pierre Von Biron, Sovereign Duke of Courland, was married to mother Anna Dorothea; their fourth daughter, Dorothée de Courlande was endowed with a fascinating beauty, a remarkable intelligence, an ardent temperament and a profound culture. His story, see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroth%C3%A9e_de_Courlande, is fascinating.