Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1659. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Florence. Cosimo I de Medici.1537-1574. As Duke of Florence and Siena, 1555-1569. AR Testone (9.14 gm, 3h). Dated 1567. \ •COSMVS•M•FLOREN•ET•SENAR•DVX•II•, cuirassed bust right / •S•IOANNES• BA PTISTA• \, St. John the Baptist seated, holding cross and raising hand; date below. CNI XII pg. 267, 180; Morosini II pg. 332, 14. VF, toned. ($400)

From the Robert Schonwalter Collection; Stack's/Coin Galleries (21 November 1974), lot 1143.