Triton XVIII, Lot: 1596. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Ferdinando II de Medici. 1621-1670. AR Piastra d’Argento (45mm, 32.56 g, 6h). Fourth Series. Dated 1630. (star) FERDIN • II • MAGN • DVX • ETRVRIÆ •, bareheaded, draped, and armored, half-length bust right, wearing ornate collar; Maltese Cross on breastplate; (star) 1630 (star) below bust / • S • IOANNE S • B APTISTA •, S. Giovanni Battista standing facing in desert, head left, pointing upward and holding cruciform staff with banner; · 1630 · in exergue. CNI XII 60; Di Giulio 85; MIR 291/3; Davenport 4200. Good VF, toned, typical weak strike in hair on obverse, traces of flan stress on reverse. Rare.