fwo_449321 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Barile da 10 Soldi n.d. Florence

ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Barile da 10 Soldi n.d. Florence VF

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Price : 200.00 €

Type : Barile da 10 Soldi

Date: 1510

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Florence

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28,31 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,21 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Patine sombre

Catalogue references :

MIR.972/10

Obverse

Obverse legend : .+. FLOR - ENTIA.

Obverse description : Grande fleur de lis épanouie.

Obverse translation : (Florence).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .S. IOHAN - NES. B..

Reverse description : Saint Jean Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, barbu, vêtu de sa peau de bête baptisant Jésus Christ, à gauche écu d’Antonio di Bertoldo di Filipo Corsini.

Reverse translation : (Saint Jean-Baptiste).

Commentary

L’écu au revers est celui d’Antonio di Bertoldo di Filipo Corsini ce qui correspond à l’année de 1510.

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).