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Florin - Fernando I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Valencia |
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| Year | 1412-1416 |
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| Weight | 3.43 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint John the Baptist standing in the field, robed in a long draped garment with detailed folds, his right arm slightly raised and holding a staff or cross, his head nimbed with a beaded or rayed nimbus. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads S IOHANNES B, identifying the patron saint of Florence whose type was adopted for Aragonese florins. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, characteristic of medieval hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fernando I of Aragon — the Infante of Castile who secured the Crown of Aragon through the Compromise of Caspe in 1412 — ruled for just four years before his death in 1416, making his Valencia florin issues among the shorter-reigned gold types in the Aragonese series. The florin itself was modeled on the Florentine fiorino, adopted across the Crown of Aragon in the mid-fourteenth century as a deliberate alignment with Mediterranean commercial networks.
Fernando's reign coincided with the final resolution of the Western Schism, a preoccupation that consumed considerable royal energy and treasury resources.