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Description
Russian Empire, Anna I of the House of Romanov, Empress and Autocrat of all Russia 1730-1740 AD, Silver Rouble (25.42g, 41mm), 1738, Krasny mint, Moscow. Obverse: Bust of Empress Anna I facing to the right, wearing small crown and dress, Cyrillic legend surrounds, “·БМ· АННА IМПЕРАТРИЦА IСАМОДЕРЖИЦА ВСЕРОСИСКАЯ”. Reverse: Heraldic charge of the armorial of the Russian Empire (1730-1798 type), date above, denomination in Cyrillic surrounds, “МОНЕТА∙ РƔБΛЬ∙”. KM-198; Diakov-26. Deeply toned with a dark grey, the reverse with lighter shades upon rotation, some typical light marks else good Very Fine
The obverse Cyrillic legend reads “Mи́лости Бо́га, А́нна, императри́ца u самоде́ржица всей Росси́и”, transliterated as “mílosti Bóga, Ánna, imperatríca i samodéržica vsej Rossíi”, with an English translation of “Of God’s Grace, Anna, Empress and Autocrat of all of Russia”. The reverse legend states the denomination in Cyrillic as “моне́та рубль”.
