v58_0313 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or, 7e série n.d. Florence

ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d or, 7e série n.d. Florence XF

MONNAIES 58 (2013)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 300.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €

Type : Florin d'or, 7e série

Date: (1318)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Florence

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,50 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce florin est frappé sur un flan assez large et voilé. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur le visage de saint Jean-Baptiste

Catalogue references :

Biaggin° 7-15 p. 137

Obverse

Obverse legend : + FLOR-ENTIA.

Obverse description : Grande fleur de lis épanouie.

Obverse translation : (Florence).

Reverse

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

Reverse description : Saint Jean Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, barbu, vêtu de sa peau de bête, tendant la main droite et tenant un sceptre cruciforme bouleté.

Reverse translation : (Saint Jean-Baptiste).

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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