A beautiful, mint example of the Nikolaev imperial.
Variety with three letters overlapping the tsar's neck.
Obverse: head of Tsar Nicholas II to the left, in the rim the legend:
Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ-И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС;
Reverse: eagle of the Russian Empire of the design of 1886, below inscription:
15 РУБЛЕЙ 1897 Г;
Edge: Чистаго золота 2 золотника 69,36 долей А-Г;