ITALY, Firenze. Reppublica. 1189-1532. AR Grosso da 5 soldi 6 denari (23.5mm, 2.52 g, 1h). Giovanni di Bicci Medici, maestro di zecca, 1st semester 1406. DET TIBI FLORERE XPS FLORENTIA VERE, ornate lily / + S IOHΛNNES B ΛTISTΛ, St. John the Baptist enthroned facing, raising hand and holding cross-tipped scepter; pellet on shaft. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 345; Bernocchi 2096; MIR 58/9. Dark tone with traces of iridescence. EF. Well struck.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 712422 (May 1999).