Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Leopold II di Lorena AV 80 Fiorini. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1827. Cosimo Ridolfi, moneyer; Giuseppe Nideröst, die engraver. LEOPOLDVS II • D • G • P • I • A • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • MAGN • DVX • ETR •, Florentine lily; N • heraldic hills below / SVSCEPTOR NOSTER DEVS, crowned arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany, superimposed on cross of St. Stephen with collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, two crossed flags behind; K 1/24 and date below. Edge inscription: ❀ OTTANTA FIORINI ❀ 200 PAOLI. Pucci 202; MIR 443/1; Pagani 91; Gigante 1; Friedberg 343. 32.73g, 31mm, 6h.
Near Mint State. Rare.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.