Italy. Mantova. Eleonora de' Medici, 1584-1611. Da 8 Soldi (Silver, 27 mm, 2.68 g) LEONORA DVCISSA MANTVAE, Crowned Medici coat of arms. Rev. MONETA DA OTTO SOLDI, Crowned coat of arms with four eagles, charged at the centre with the small crowned shield of the House of Austria; the whole surmounted by the inscription FIDES, and encircled by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. CNI 1-5. BAM Collection 723. MIR 559 (R3). Cabinet toned. Good Very Fine. Very Rare: coin thrown to the people on the day of the wedding of Vincenzo I Gonzaga and Eleonora de’ Medici. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Kunst und Münzen XXVI, 13 May 1988, lot 755; Astarte 20, 30 October 2009, lot 306.

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Italy. Mantova. Eleonora de' Medici, 1584-1611. Da 8 Soldi (Silver, 27 mm, 2.68 g) LEONORA DVCISSA MANTVAE, Crowned Medici coat of arms. Rev. MONETA DA OTTO SOLDI, Crowned coat of arms with four eagles, charged at the centre with the small crowned shield of the House of Austria; the whole surmounted by the inscription FIDES, and encircled by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. CNI 1-5. BAM Collection 723. MIR 559 (R3). Cabinet toned. Good Very Fine. Very Rare: coin thrown to the people on the day of the wedding of Vincenzo I Gonzaga and Eleonora de’ Medici. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Kunst und Münzen XXVI, 13 May 1988, lot 755; Astarte 20, 30 October 2009, lot 306.

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