fwo_676092 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or, 4e série 1300 Florence

ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d or, 4e série 1300 Florence AU

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Type : Florin d'or, 4e série

Date: 1300

Mint name / Town : Florence

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰

Diameter : 20, mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,47 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan légèrement irrégulier mais un très bel exemplaire présentant de jolis reliefs

Catalogue references :

MIR.94/95 - F.275

Obverse

Obverse legend : .+ FLOR- ENTIA..

Obverse description : Grande fleur de lis épanouie.

Obverse translation : (Florence).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .S. IOHA-NNES. B (BOURDON).

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

Maîtres d’atelier : Ricco di Lapo di Arrigo et Vanni di Colto.

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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