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1 Fiorino di Camera - Leo X
| Uitgever | Papal States |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1513-1521 |
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| Waarde | 1 Florin (1 Fiorino) (9) |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Saint Peter seated in a fishing boat, depicted in three-quarter view facing left, holding a large oar or fishing implement as he draws a net from the water, rendered in the elegant late-Gothic to early Renaissance style typical of early sixteenth-century Roman papal coinage. The boat is shown with decorative scrollwork at its prow and stern. The figure of Saint Peter is haloed and draped, occupying the central field within an inner beaded border. The surrounding circular legend reads SANCTVS PETRVS ALMA ROMA, invoking Saint Peter as patron of the Holy City of Rome. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Leo X — born Giovanni de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent — was elected pope in March 1513 and immediately set about financing one of the most extravagant pontificates in Rome's history. The reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica consumed enormous sums, and it was partly the aggressive sale of indulgences to fund that project that provoked Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. The fiorino di camera was the papal equivalent of the Florentine florin, struck to the same high gold fineness and used primarily for large ecclesiastical transactions and diplomatic payments rather than street commerce.
Leo died in December 1521, leaving the papal treasury effectively bankrupt.