Avignon (1362-70) florin Fr-29

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

southeast France at the end of the Hundred Years War

This florin was minted in Avignon, in southern France, while the Popes (Urban V in this case) were in residence there while fleeing political turmoil in Rome. It is not rare but scarcer that contemporary Roman senatorial issues (Fr-2). The fleur-de-lys on the reverse is copied from the Florentine florin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-29, Ber-201.

Source:

• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

Link to:

• Papal States (1350-1439) ducat Fr-2
• Arles (1351-61) florin Fr-24
• Avignon (1370-78) sesino Ber-214, Gregory XI
• Avignon (1378-94) florin Fr-32, antipope Clement VII
• Papal States (1447-55) ducat Fr-6
• Coins and currency dated 1362
• return to coins of the Papal States