Live auction - fwo_498623 - ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d'or, 13e série 1395-1409 Florence

ITALY - FLORENCE - REPUBLIC Florin d or, 13e série 1395-1409 Florence VF

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End of the sale :	11 September 2018 18:21:37

Type : Florin d'or, 13e série

Date: 1395-1409

Mint name / Town : Florence

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 3,47 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est frappée sur un flan voilé mais régulier. Elle présente une usure importante de circulation

Catalogue references :

MIR.913/11 - F.275

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 (écu surmonté d’un point) est le symbole d'un magistrat monétaire en fonction entre 1395 et 1409, Vanni di Niccolo di Ricovero.

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).