Live auction - fwo_537638 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or n.d. Florence
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 771 € |
| Maximum bid : | 780 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 19:25:18 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Florin d'or
Date: (1318)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan légèrement ovale et voilé. La pièce est bien centrée de part et d’autre et le Jean Baptiste est bien venu à la frappe. Patine homogène de détection
Catalogue references :
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).
Commentary
La marque placée au revers, ici un croissant de lune, est le symbole d'un magistrat monétaire. Le fait est que plusieurs magistrats ont utilisé le croissant de lune comme symbole. Il nous est impossible ici de déterminer avec précision l’année d’émission de ce florin. Il a été probablement frappé au XIVe siècle..
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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