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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 5165375, member: 91771&quot;]Here&#039;s my newest pickup, which I&#039;m waiting on from NAC (already posted in a few other threads, but it belongs here):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210430[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cosimo I de&#039;Medici, III period: grand duke, 1569-1574.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mezza Piastra 1571, AR 16.24 g. COS MED MAGNVS DVX ETRVRIÆ Armored bust facing right. Rv. S IOANNES - BATISTA St. John the Baptist standing on a rock, in the act of preaching, processional cross in hand; 1571, below. <b>Dies engraved by Pietro Paolo Galeotti, student of Benvenuto Cellini.</b> Galeotti LXIII, 7/8. Ravegnani Morosini 18. MIR 167/3. Very rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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