ITALY. Arezzo. Republic, 13th-14th centuries. Grosso (Silver, 20 mm, 1.75 g, 8 h). ✠•DE ARITIO• Cross with wedge in second quarter. Rev. ✠•SA• DONATVS Bust of St. Donatus, facing, raising his right hand in benediction and holding crosier in his left. Biaggi 197. MIR 2. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.
From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector's ticket), Leu Web Auction 22, 21 August 2022, 1710, previously received as a birthday present in 1981 and ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium FPL 35, summer 1981, 567.