Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Leopold II di Lorena AR 1/2 Francescone da 5 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1834. Cosimo Ridolfi, moneyer; Giuseppe Nideröst, die engraver. LEOP • II • D • G • P • I • A • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • M • D • ETR •, head to right; NIDERÖST and flask below / SVSCEPTOR NOST • DEVS, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, with collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS and date • below. Edge inscription: [DUE FIORINI • CINQUE PAOLI •]. Pucci 23; MIR 451; Pagani 125; Gigante 29. 12.82g, 31mm, 6h.
Good Fine; some surface marks. Very Rare.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.