CNG 96, Lot: 1365. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. 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. (star) FRAN • MED • MAGN • DVX • ETRVRIÆ • II •, bareheaded, draped, and armored bust right; star and lis below bust / • S • IOANNES • • BAPTISTA (star), • 1583 • in exergue, S. Giovanni Battista standing left in desert, head right, pointing upwards 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.