Italian States, Firenze (Florence, Duchy). Cosimo I de' Medici AR Mezzo Giulio. 1555-1569. COS • M • FLOR • ET • SEN • DVX • II, crowned Medici arms / S IOANNES BAPTISTA, St John the Baptist standing facing. Cf. Pucci 29var; CNI 181-5var; Galeotti LII, 2-4; MIR 158 var. 1.41g, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare; an unpublished variant.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.