Livorno 1683 tollero Dav-4215
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This specimen was lot 24602 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,536.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Tuscany - Livorno. Cosimo III Tallero (Piastre) 1683, AU55 NGC. An ideal representative with an even blend of grayish pastel tone on the surfaces and minor softening of color on the highest portions of the motifs. Essentially a Mint State coin with no marks of note and ample remaining luster." This type was struck by the Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany for Livorno 1683-1700. The Italian word tollero may be translated into the German word thaler or the English word dollar.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 16.4, Davenport-4215.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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