| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 684 Price realized: 110 USD (Approx. 102 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Testone (31mm, 8.70 g, 6h). First series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1676. Armored and draped bust right / St. John the Baptist seated left, raising hand in benediction and holding long cross. MIR 332/2; KM –. Toned, hairlines, minor marks and scratches, edge marks. Near VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Numismatik München. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 890 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 112 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Testone (32mm, 8.73 g, 6h). First series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1676. Armored and draped bust right / St. John the Baptist seated left, raising hand in benediction and holding long cross. MIR 332/2; KM –. Toned, holed and pluggd, chased, stained, edge marks. Near VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 680 Price realized: 600 USD (Approx. 555 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Ferdinando II de Medici. 1621-1670. AR Testone (32mm, 9.49 g, 6h). Third series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1636. Armored and draped bust right / St. John the Baptist seated facing, raising hand in benediction and holding long cross. MIR 298; KM –. Toned, hairlines and scratches, edge marks. Near EF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Glendining (15 October 1985), lot 522. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 685 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 301 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Giulio (26mm, 2.98 g, 6h). Second series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1677. Crowned coat-of-arms / The Annunciation; Angel alighting right before Mary, kneeling right at pillar, head left. MIR 337; KM –. Patchy iridescent toning, a few very light scratches. Near EF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Bertolami E-Auction 69 (18 May 2019), lot 447. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1064 Price realized: 6,000 USD (Approx. 5,495 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo I de Medici. 1569-1574. AR Piastra d'argento (40mm, 32.03 g, 8h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1570. Draped and armored bust right / St. John standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding long cross. MIR 166/1; Davenport 8383. Richly toned, small flan crack, a few light marks in fields. Good VF. Very rare date. A beautiful Mannerist crown-sized coin. This piece finer than the MIR plate coin. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 922 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 329 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Lira (29mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Firenze mint. Dated 1677. Armored and draped bust right / St. John the Baptist kneeling right as executioner, standing behind, prepares to behead him. MIR 335; KM –. Toned, surface flan cracks, flan flaw. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 1402. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
