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1 Fiorino di Camera - Leo X
| Issuer | Papal Mint (Zecca Pontificia) |
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| Year | 1513-1521 |
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| Diameter | 20.6 mm |
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| Reverse description | Standing frontal figure of Saint Peter, nimbed and robed, depicted in high relief within a circular inner border. The Apostle holds a large key in his right hand and a book in his left, with the symbolic barque of Saint Peter rendered in the lower field beneath his feet. The surrounding legend + SANCTVS٠PETRVS٠ALMA٠ROMA٠ runs along the circumference within a beaded outer border, referencing Saint Peter as the spiritual foundation of Rome. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Leo X — born Giovanni de' Medici — was elected pope in March 1513 and almost immediately resumed the aggressive sale of indulgences and ecclesiastical offices that would, within four years, provoke Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. The papal treasury required constant replenishment to fund both the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and the extraordinary personal expenditure of a pontificate notorious even by Renaissance standards for its lavishness.
The fiorino di camera was the prestige accounting currency of the Curia, used primarily for large ecclesiastical transactions and benefice payments rather than everyday commerce. MIR 620/2 distinguishes this emission from closely related types by reverse die characteristics documented in the Roman series.