Chervonets, 1755 Obverse side

The coin has an entry devoted to it in the section ‘Coins Issued During
the Reign of Empress Elizabeth I and Emperor Peter III’ [Monety
tsarstvovaniy imperatritsy Yelizavety I i imperatora Petra III], Corpus of
Russian Coins [Korpus russkikh monet], (St Petersburg, 1896), vol. V, p.
57, No. 392; table XX, illustration 14.

Empress’s bust, facing right, in mantle and richly decorated
dress, ribbon of the Order of St Andrew across right shoulder. Small
imperial crown on head, hair bedecked with pearls and precious stones.
Russian letter ‘Ю’ (‘Yu’ for Yudin) at sleeve’s edge.
Circular legend: Б∙М∙ЕЛИСАВЕТЬ∙I∙IMПЕРАТРИЦА∙
(BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ELIZABETH I, EMPRESS)
Mint mark under portrait: СПБ (SPB)