Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Pietro Leopoldo I di Lorena AR 1/2 Francescone da 5 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1787. Antonio Fabbrini, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. P ★ LEOPOLDVS D ★ G ★ P ★ R ★ H ★ ET B ★ A ★ A ★ M ★ D ★ ETRVR ★, cuirassed bust to right; L • S • F • below spaulder, crossed pikes below / DIRIGE DOMINE GRESSVS MEOS •, crowned arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, all within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS and date below. Pucci 331; MIR 386/4; CNI 162; Galeotti -; 13.42g, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; some scratches in obv. field. Very Rare.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.