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Florin - Martin I
| Issuer | Majorca, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1396-1410 |
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| Value | 1 Florin (¾) |
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| Obverse description | Standing full-length figure of Saint John the Baptist facing, nimbed and robed in a long garment, holding a cross-staff in his right hand and cradling the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in his left arm. To the left of the figure, a shield bearing the arms of Majorca is displayed in the field. The scene is executed in the Gothic hammered style characteristic of late medieval Aragonese florin coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, partially off-flan due to the irregular flan shape. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Martin I inherited Majorca as an adjunct to the Aragonese Crown following the extinction of the independent Majorcan royal line in 1349, and these florins were struck under his authority as part of the broader Aragonese monetary system that had been copying the Florentine florin since the mid-fourteenth century. Majorca's mint at Perpignan had deep experience with the type, though by Martin's reign the island's commercial importance relative to Barcelona and Valencia had considerably diminished.
Cru#490 is among the less frequently encountered Aragonese territorial florins precisely because Majorcan output during these years was modest.