Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1209. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Firenze. Cosimo I de Medici. Duke of Florence and Siena, 1537-1574. AR Testone (9.15 g, 3h). Dated 1567. Bare-headed and cuirassed bust right / St. John the Baptist seated, holding cross and pointing upwards; 1567 in exergue. CNI XII 180; Morosini II 14. VF, darkly toned. Excellent Renaissance type of fine style.