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1 Fiorino di Camera - Paul III
| Issuer | Papal States Mint |
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| Year | 1540-1545 |
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| Value | 1 Florin (Fiorino di camera) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a bold hammered figure of Saint Peter, shown as a bearded elderly man draped in flowing robes, seated and turned slightly to the left, holding a long pastoral staff or key in his right hand. The saint is rendered in high sculptural relief against a plain field, with dynamic drapery conveying movement. A rope-twist inner border frames the composition, with the circumferential Latin legend S PETRVS ALMA ROMA distributed around the periphery separated by pellet stops, invoking Saint Peter as the spiritual soul and protector of Rome. |
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| Mintage | ND (1540-1545) |
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Paul III — Alessandro Farnese — was the pope who formally convened the Council of Trent in 1545, but the political maneuvering that made it possible consumed most of the preceding decade. The Fiorino di Camera was the Chamber's gold instrument of account, used in high-value transactions processed through the Apostolic Camera rather than open markets. It operated in parallel with the more widely circulated ducato, and its .999 fineness was deliberately maintained above the debased coinages flooding Italian states during the same years.
The MIR 880 group encompasses three Muntoni varieties, distinguished primarily by differences in the papal titulature abbreviations on the die.