CNG 102, Lot: 1339. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (granducato). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Piastre (44mm, 31.20 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1680. Armored and draped bust right / S. John standing left, holding long cross and baptizing Jesus standing right in the River Jordan, both wearing nimbus crowns; above, dove flying right, head lowered left. CNI XII 60; Morosini 3; MIR 327; Davenport 4211. EF, areas of light toning, traces of luster in devices, light hairlines, light flan flaws.