ITALY, Firenze (Duchy). Cosimo I de Medici. 1537-1557. AR Testone – 3 Barili (29mm, 9.30 g, 6h). Armored and draped bust right / St. John seated facing, head slightly right, raising hand and benediction and holding cross-tipped banner. MIR 122/2. Some light deposits and hairlines, minor edge marks. Good VF. Rare legend variety and from a celebrated cabinet. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collecion. Ex Spink America (17 May 1999), lot 85; Herbert Cahn Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 87, 4 June 1998), lot 500.
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