ITALY, Firenze (Duchy). Alessandro de Medici. 1532-1537. AV Scudo d'oro del Sole (26mm, 3.31 g, 9h). 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 6864711-001, graded AU 53. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Adam Murray, December 2018.
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