| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 867 Price realized: 375 USD (Approx. 347 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. Æ Medal (86mm, 188.7 g, 12h). By Giacchino Fortini. Dated 1720. COSMVS · III · ETRVSCORVM · REX, armored and draped bust right / DELICIÆ POPVLI DELICÆ DOMINI, young Christ standing facing, raising hands; to left, six putti; to right, St. Joseph standing left, holding flower-tipped scepter and lily. Brown surfaces, scratches. EF. Rare. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 681 Price realized: 425 USD (Approx. 393 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Piastra d'argento (43mm, 31.16 g, 6h). First series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1676. Armored and draped bust right / Christ standing right, being baptized by St. John standing left, holding long cross. MIR 326/3; KM (DAV) 4209 = Davenport 4209. Iridescent toning, numerous marks and scrapes, edge marks. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink-Smythe (19 January 2011), lot 1035. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 682 Price realized: 475 USD (Approx. 440 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Piastra d'argento (43mm, 29.20 g, 6h). Fourth series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1684. Armored and draped bust right / Christ standing right, being baptized by St. John standing left, holding long cross. MIR 329/3; KM (DAV) 4212 = Davenport 4212. Toned with traces of iridescence, a few light scratches, flan flaws, edge marks. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Ponterio 22 (1 December 1985), lot 726. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 865 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 324 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo I de Medici. 1569-1574. Æ Medal (83mm, 213.2 g, 12h). By Antonio Francesco Selvi. Later cast(?) after a circa 1740 original. COSMVS · I · D · G · MAGN · DVX · ETRVR ·, armored and draped bust right, wearing collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece / FIDEM · PATRI · VIRTVTE · SEQVEMVR, capricorn right; seven stars above. Brown surfaces with brassy high points, minor edge bumps. EF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 889 Price realized: 375 USD (Approx. 351 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Toscana (Grand Duchy). Cosimo III de Medici. 1670-1723. AR Mezza piastra (37mm, 6h). First series. Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1676. Armored and draped bust right / Young St. John kneeling right, being blessed by St. Zechariah standing left, raising hand in benediction. MIR 331; KM –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 1912493-010, graded AU 55. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink-Smythe 305 (18 January 2011), lot 1034. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| 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 |  |
