Watch List notes:

ITALY. Toscana (Granducato). Cosimo III de Medici, 1670-1723. Piastra 1680 (Silver, 44 mm, 30.91 g, 6 h). COSMVS III D G MAG DVX ETRVRI Cuirassed bust of Cosimo III to right, 1680 below. Rev. FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS St. John the Baptist baptizes Christ in the Jordan river, the Holy Spirit above. Dav. 4211. MIR 327. Very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.