379, Lot: 561. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Firenze (Duchi). Cosimo I de Medici. As Duca di Firenze, 1537-1569. Cast Æ Medal (35mm, 15.77 g, 12h). Later cast after Domenico di Polo de’ Vetri (after 1480-ca. 1547), Florence, after ca. 1537. COSMVS: MED: • II • REIP: FLOR: DVX •, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / SALVS * PVBLICA, Salus standing facing, head left, holding scepter and patera, from which she feeds a serpent; * • * in exergue. Attwood 782; Pollard, Bargello, 328. VF, brown and tan surfaces.