Italian States, Toscana (Tuscany, Grand Duchy). Cosimo II de' Medici AR Mezzo Giulio. 1609. COS M • II • MA : DVX • ETR • IIII, crowned Medici arms / S • IOANNES • BAPTISTA •, St John the Baptist seated right. Pucci 10 = MIR 274 (this coin); CNI 17-20; Galeotti XXIII, 1-4. 1.38g, 22mm, 9h. Good Fine; test punches to obv. Extremely Rare.
This coin published in A. Pucci, Le Monete della Zecca di Firenze epoca Meddicea. Cosimo II (Firenze, 2009);