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