Tuscany (1532-37) testone

Ponterio sale 177, lot 13236

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 13236 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $4,112. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Florence. Testone, ND. Alessandro De Medici (1532-37). Dies by Benvenuto Cellini. VERY FINE. From the Demarete Collection." Alessandro de Medici was the first duke of Florence but was murdered before he could consolidate the state, a task which fell to his cousin, Cosimo de Medici (r. 1537-74). Cosimo founded a line that lasted until 1737, when it fell to the Austrians. The Medici had long been the leading family of Florence but never the outright rulers until him.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: MIR-103.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

Link to:

• Florence (1510-31) florin Fr-276
• (1533) scudo d'oro del sole, Alessandro de Medici
• (1533-37) scudo d'oro del sole, Alessandro de Medici
• Tuscany (1536-55) lira
• Siena (1536-39) scudo d'oro Fr-1160
• Tuscany (1537-57) testone Cosimo I
• Coins and currency dated 1532
• return to coins of Italy, Tuscany