282, Lot: 529. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Luigi Guido Grandi, priest, philosopher, mathematician, and engineer. 1671-1742. Cast Æ Medal (87mm, 174.14 g, 12h). The Rulers of Tuscany Series. After A. Selvi. Dated 1738 in Roman numerals. D · GVIDO · GRANDVS · ABBAS · CAMALD · MATHEM · PIS · VNIV ·, bust right, wearing zucchetto and mozzetta / EYRHKA (I have found it), Minerva, holding wreath and mathematical drawings, and Mercury, holding torch and caduceus, standing facing one another upon daïs upon which rests an owl, other drawings, a globe, books, and a quill; below, two eagles, a shell, and inscription INVENI; AN · MDCCXXXVIII in exergue. Toderi & Vannel, Toscana 193. Good VF, mount removed from the top. An aftercast.