Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Pietro Leopoldo I di Lorena AR Francescone da 10 Paoli. Firenze (Florence) mint, 1778. Antonio Fabbrini, moneyer; Luigi Siries, die engraver. P • LEOPOLDVS D • G • P • R • H • ET B • A • A • M • D • ETR •, cuirassed bust to right; LS monogram below spaulder, crossed pikes below / DIRIGE DOMINE GRESSVS MEOS •, crowned arms superimposed on cross of St. Stephen, within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; PISIS and date below. Pucci 153; MIR 380/2; CNI 68-70; Galeotti VII, 5-7; Davenport 1515. 27.33g, 41mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine; beautiful tone with golden highlights.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.