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v24_1866 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or c. 1325 Florence

ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d or c. 1325 Florence XF
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 715.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 1 405.00 €
Type : Florin d'or
Date: 2e semestre
Date: c. 1325
Mint name / Town : Florence
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière avec une faiblesse de frappe sur le visage de saint Jean-Baptiste
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : °+ FLOR°-°ENTIA°.
Obverse description : Grande fleur de lis épanouie.

Reverse


Reverse legend : .S. IONA-NNES (ROSE).
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.

Commentary


Nous sommes en présence d’un véritable florin de Florence lesquels se rencontrent beaucoup moins souvent que leurs imitations.

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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