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[[Image:Florence c1532 teston obv P177-13236.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 177, lot 13236]]
[[Image:Florence c1532 teston rev P177-13236.jpg|300px|thumb|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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Italy|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. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>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]]
* [[Florence (1533) scudo d'oro Fr-280|(1533) ''scudo d'oro del sole'', Alessandro de Medici]]
* [[Florence (1533-37) scudo d'oro Fr-280|(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]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]]