CNG 99, Lot: 1033. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Francesco I de Medici. 1574-1587. AR Piastra d’Argento (42mm, 31.93 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1583. (star) FRAN • MED • MAGN • DVX • ETRVRIÆ • II •, draped and armored bust right; star and lis below bust / • S • IOANNES • • BAPTISTA (star), • 1583 • in exergue, St. John the Baptist standing left in desert, head right, pointing upward and holding cruciform staff with banner. CNI XII 76; Morosini 4; MIR 181/6. Good VF, toned, X graffito on reverse. Struck with artistic dies. Rare.