Live auction - fwo_361975 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or, 10e série 1350 Florence
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | 1 050 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 050 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 18:02:24 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Florin d'or, 10e série
Date: 1350
Mint name / Town : Florence
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,5 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce florin d’or est frappé sur un petit flan très régulier, un peu court sur les légendes. Une petite usure apparaît au centre de la fleur et un petit coup au revers à gauche de Saint Jean Baptiste. La pièce est très agréable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .+ FLOR- ENTIA..
Obverse description : Grande fleur de lis épanouie.
Obverse translation : (Florence).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .S. IOHA-NNES. B (SAC).
Reverse description : Saint Jean Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, barbu, vêtu de la peau de mouton, tendant la main droite et tenant un sceptre cruciforme bouleté.
Reverse translation : (Saint Jean-Baptiste).
Commentary
La marque placée au revers (un sac surmonté d’un B) est le symbole d'un magistrat monétaire, en l’occurence Bartolomeo di Caroccio Alberti. Cette marque permet de situer la frappe de cette monnaie pendant la 10e série, entre 1348 et 1367, précisément en 1350.
Historical background
ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC
(1189-1531)
Florence and Genoa were in 1252 the first two Italian cities to strike gold again in the West. Previously, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1197-1250) had minted, in Sicily and southern Italy, tari d'or and especially augustales and demi-augustales. The fiorino d'or and the genevino d'oro, which were practically pure gold (23 2/3 carats), had a theoretical weight of 3.50 g and very quickly became the coins used for international exchanges. The Florence florin ran for 10 soldi. In 1284, Venice created the sequin which weighed the same weight and had the same title. The first French gold coin, the écu d'or de Saint-Louis, created in 1266, was inspired by the florin of Florence although heavier (c. 4.00 g).
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