Live auction - fme_1006957 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Médaille de restitution, Electa Contessina Bardi, femme de Cosme l’ancien
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Live starting : Type : Médaille de restitution, Electa Contessina Bardi, femme de Cosme l’ancien
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 48 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Engraver WEBER Giovanni Zanobia (1737-1806)
Weight : 46,77 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures. Léger reste de rouge de frappe au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : ELECTA CONTESSINA. BARDI. COSM. P. P. VXOR..
Obverse description : Buste habillé et drapé de profil à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVCIT. OPES..
Reverse description : Navire voguant sur les flots. Signé : I. VEBER..
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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