Italian States, Etruria (Kingdom). Carlo Ludovico di Borbone and Maria Luigia, as Regent, AR 1/2 Dena da 5 Lire. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1804 ('1' inverted). Giovanni Fabbroni, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. CAROLVS • LVD • D • G • REX • ETR & M • ALOYSIA • R • RECTRIX I • I • H • H •, jugate busts of mother and son to right; LS monogram and hammer below / DOMINE SPES MEA A IUVENTUTE MEA •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; FLORENTIAE and date below. Pucci 14; MIR 426/2; Pagani 34; Gigante 16. 19.70g, 35mm, 6h.
Mint State. Rare.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.