Italian States, Firenze (Florence, Duchy). Cosimo I de' Medici AR Testone. 1548. COSMVS MEDICES R • P • FLOREN • DVX II •, bust to right / • S • IOANNES BAPTISTA •, St John the Baptist seated facing. Pucci 25b (this coin); CNI 54-7; Galeotti XIII, 1-4; MIR 121. 8.87g, 32mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
This coin published in A. Pucci, Le Monete della Zecca di Firenze epoca Meddicea. Cosimo I (Firenze, 2011);
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.