Definition

• A broad silver Grosso of Florence, issued in 1503-4. It is of the type of the Carlino ?q.v.) and the baptism of Christ by St. John is represented on the obverse. The name of the coin is from the Italian battezzare , to baptize.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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