Lot 4128

Description

Russia, Imperial Portrait Collection, seventeen sterling silver `pattern roubles' featuring the Czars and Czarinas, each proof/pattern weighs approximately 25.5 grams of .925 silver, 38.6mm diameter all with plain edge, lot has: Peter the Great, 'Memorial Rouble' 1725, Catherine I 'Accession Rouble' 1725, Catherine The Great `Memorial Rouble' 1796, Paul I `Memorial Rouble' 1801, Alexander I `Accession Rouble' 1801, Alexander I `Military Rouble' 1801, Alexander I `Military Rouble' 1808, Alexander I `Memorial Rouble' 1825, Constantine `Rouble' 1825, Nicholas I `Accession Rouble' 1825, Nicholas I `1 « Rouble' 1832, Nicholas I `Memorial Rouble' 1855, Alexander II `Coronation Rouble' 1856, Alexander III `Memorial Rouble' 1894, Nicholas II `Accession Rouble' 1894, Nicholas II `Coronation Rouble' 1896, and Nicholas II `Family Rouble' 1917. FDC. (17)

These are among the first silver strikings in an as yet uncompleted series of 25 limited edition designs produced in 2009 by INA Ltd.