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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE THE MIKE BALLERINI COLLECTIONThe Roma Numismatics Auction XXIV sale closes Monday March 28th. Here are some highlights from the company's recent email release. -Editor
Noteworthy pieces from this collection include an extremely rare gold ruspone da 3 zecchini in near mint state condition, struck under the provisional government in Tuscany in 1859, a gold 80 fiorini coin of Leopold II di Lorena in the same state of preservation and an extremely rare francescone da 10 paoli of Francesco Stefano di Lorena published in Pucci, Le Monete della Zecca di Firenze. A number of rarities can also be found in this collection. A unique francescone da 10 Paoli of Pietro Leopoldo I di Lorena published in Pucci, Le Monete della Zecca di Firenze and an extremely rare gold zecchino of Ferdinando III di Lorena in mint state condition sit alongside an equally rare fiorino of Leopold II di Lorena and a unique francescone da 10 Paoli of Ludovico I di Borbone from the Kingdom of Etruria.
Italian States, Etruria (Kingdom). Ludovico I di Borbone AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1802. Giovanni Fabbroni, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. LUDOVICUS I • D • G • HISP • INF • REX ETRURIAE & •, head to right; LS monogram • hammer below / VIDEANT PAUPERES ET LAETENTUR •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen and collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS ? date below. Pucci 12 (this coin, struck 1808-1813); MIR -; Pagani -; Gigante -; for type cf. Davenport 150. 27.14g, 43mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Unique.
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Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Leopold II di Lorena AR Fiorino. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1842. Dominico Fiaschi, moneyer; Giuseppe Nideröst, die engraver. LEOP • II • D • G • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • D • ETR •, head to right; G. N. and flask below / QUATTRINI CENTO. date., Florentine lily; FIORINO below. Pucci 7; MIR 452/6; CNI 74; Pagani p. 250 note; Gigante 35 (cites three known examples). 6.82g, 25mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
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Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Ferdinando III di Lorena AV Zecchino. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1799. Francesco Grobert, moneyer. FERDINANDVS • III • D • G • A • A • M • D • ETR •, Florentine lily; unicorn below / • S • IOANNES • BAPTISTA •, John the Baptist seated facing slightly to left; date below. Pucci 162; MIR 403/5; Gigante 16; Friedberg - cf. 337; C 38. 3.48g, 23mm, 6h. Mint State; weakly struck. Extremely Rare.
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Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Leopold II di Lorena AV 80 Fiorini. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1827. Cosimo Ridolfi, moneyer; Giuseppe Nideröst, die engraver. LEOPOLDVS II • D • G • P • I • A • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • MAGN • DVX • ETR •, Florentine lily; N • heraldic hills below / SVSCEPTOR NOSTER DEVS, crowned arms of Lorraine, Austria and Tuscany, superimposed on cross of St. Stephen with collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, two crossed flags behind; K 1/24 and date below. Edge inscription: ? OTTANTA FIORINI ? 200 PAOLI. Pucci 202; MIR 443/1; Pagani 91; Gigante 1; Friedberg 343. 32.73g, 31mm, 6h.
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Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Francesco Stefano di Lorena AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Fourth Series. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1748. Carlo La Garde, moneyer. • FRANCISCVS • D • G • R • I • S • A • G • HIER • REX • LOTH • BAR • M • D • ETR •, draped and cuirassed bust to right; lion head on shoulder strap; stork below / • IN • TE • DOMINE SPERAVI •, crowned and nimbate double-headed imperial eagle with arms; PISIS and MDCCXLVIII below. Pucci 13 (this coin); MIR 363; CNI 42; Galeotti XV; Davenport 1506. 27.08g, 41mm, 6h.
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Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Pietro Leopoldo I di Lorena AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1766. Antonio Fabbrini, moneyer. PETRVS LEOPOLDVS D ? G ? P ? R ? H ? ET ? B ? A ? A ? M ? D ? ETRVR ?, cuirassed bust to left; crossed pikes below / [DIRIGE] DOMINE GRESSVS MEOS, crowned arms, collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece below, all superimposed on cross of St. Stephen; PISIS and date below. Pucci 22 (this coin); MIR -; CNI -; Galeotti -; cf. Davenport 1511. 26.88g, 42mm, 6h.
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