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Gold Florin - Louis II / Louis III
| Issuer | Provence, County of |
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| Year | 1384-1434 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield divided by a bold cross, the dexter quarters bearing the Jerusalem cross (a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller crosslets), and the sinister quarters displaying three fleurs-de-lis arranged in the French royal manner. Small crosses appear in the angles of the central dividing cross. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by the circular Latin legend. The design reflects the dynastic claims of the Angevin rulers of Provence to the thrones of Jerusalem and Sicily. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint John the Baptist standing on a decorative platform, nimbed and robed in a long mantle, holding a slender cross-staff in his right hand and a book or disc in his left. A small fleur-de-lis appears to the upper left of the figure within the field. The saint is depicted in the characteristic Florentine florin tradition, rendered in fine hammered relief. The circular Latin legend naming the Baptist surrounds the figure within a beaded border. |
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Provence's gold florins of this period were struck to the Florentine florin standard, a deliberate alignment with Italian commercial networks rather than French royal coinage — the Angevin counts of Provence maintained closer mercantile ties to the Italian peninsula than to Paris. The attribution between Louis II and Louis III remains unresolved for most dies, as both rulers issued florins without regnal distinctions in the legends, leaving chronological separation largely to stylistic analysis and hoard evidence.