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World, Italy, Florence (Firenze), Alessandro de Medici, mezzo giulio, dies by Cellini
World, Italy, Florence (Firenze), Alessandro de Medici, mezzo giulio, dies by Cellini
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World, Italy, Florence (Firenze), Alessandro de Medici, silver mezzo giulio, dies by Benvenuto Cellini. Undated, but struck in 1534. 23 mm, 1.62 g.
From Cellini's autobiography (LXXX): "... Next I made dies for half-giulios on which I struck the full face of San Giovanni in small. This was the first coin with a head in full face on so thin a piece of silver that had yet been seen. The difficulty of executing it is apparent only to the eyes of such as are past-masters in these crafts."
about EF, weakly struck in parts, surface marks. Very rare, especially this nice.
MIR 105
ex-Varesi 75 (12 November 2019), lot 203 (hammer €1700)
