Triton XVIII, Lot: 1597. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Piastra d’Argento (44mm, 31.46 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1684. COSIMVS · III · D · G · MAG · DVX · ETRVRIÆ · VI (crossette) 1684 (crossette), bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS, San Giovanni Battista, standing left, holding cross, pouring water over the head of Christ, standing right, holding lamb; the river Jordan at their feet. CNI XII 68 ; Di Giulio 124; MIR 329/3. Choice EF, attractive cabinet toning. Well struck with great surfaces.