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Grosso of 6 soldi 8 denari
| Issuer | Republic of Florence |
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| Year | 1483-1487 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The heraldic lily (giglio) of Florence displayed prominently in the center of the field, rendered in high relief with characteristically elaborate Gothic stylization featuring three principal petals and voluted lower leaves with decorative beading at the terminals. The lily rises from a globular base, flanked by foliate ornaments in the field. The surrounding legend reads FLOR . ENTIA, separated by pellets and a cross pattée, running clockwise within a beaded inner border. The irregular flan edge is typical of hammered silver coinage of the Florentine Republic. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Florence's monetary system in the 1480s was built around the florin for international commerce, leaving smaller silver denominations to handle the unglamorous work of daily exchange. This grosso was struck under the priorate system, with die authority rotating among elected officials rather than residing in a permanent mint master — a bureaucratic arrangement that produced subtle inconsistencies across the series and makes precise die attribution genuinely difficult. MIR#64 encompasses a span of four years and multiple officine, and CNI XII entries in this range show considerable variation in fabric.