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This specimen was lot 1472 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "FLORENCE: Cosimo I, 1536-1574, AR giulio, 1573. San Giovanni & San Cosimo standing, VF to EF, R." Cosimo de Medici (r. 1534-74) was the first grand duke of Tuscany, founding 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. The ''giulio'', a denomination originating in the neighboring Papal States, was a tenth of a scudo.
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This specimen was lot 1472 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "FLORENCE: Cosimo I, 1536-1574, AR giulio, 1573. San Giovanni & San Cosimo standing, VF to EF, R." Cosimo de Medici (r. 1537-74) was the first grand duke of Tuscany, founding 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. The ''giulio'', a denomination originating in the neighboring Papal States, was a tenth of a scudo.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 15:19, 12 January 2024

Steve Album sale 27, lot 1472
Tuscany Alb27-1472r.jpg

This specimen was lot 1472 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "FLORENCE: Cosimo I, 1536-1574, AR giulio, 1573. San Giovanni & San Cosimo standing, VF to EF, R." Cosimo de Medici (r. 1537-74) was the first grand duke of Tuscany, founding 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. The giulio, a denomination originating in the neighboring Papal States, was a tenth of a scudo.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2.95 g.

Catalog reference: CNI-314/317.

Source:

  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

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