ITALY, Firenze (Duchy). Alessandro de Medici. 1532-1537. AV Scudo d'oro del Sole (25mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Dies by Benvenuto Cellini. Second series. Crowned coat-of-arms; radiant sun above / Voided cross fleurée; facing cherub heads in angles. MIR 97; Friedberg 280. In NGC encapsulation 6864695-016, graded MS 61. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink 220 (1 October 2013), lot 226.
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