282, Lot: 528. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Eleonora II di Toledo (‘Dianora’). 1553-1576. Cast Æ Medal (82mm, 239.16 g, 12h). The Rulers of Tuscany Series. After A. Selvi. Cast circa 1740. ELEONORA · DE · TOLEDO · PETRI · D · MED · VXOR ·, veiled and mantled bust right / PVLCHER · DVM · SIMILIS · (beautiful and simultaneously alike), sunflower facing personification of the sun to upper right. Toderi & Vannel, Toscana 309. Good VF. An attractive aftercast. For more information on Eleonora II, see chapter 7 in Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal by Gabrielle Langdon.