Italy
Papal States. Urban V (1362-1370) gold Florin ND AU Details (Rim Filing) NGC, Avignon mint, 3.79g, B-201, Fr-29. (Papal keys mm) SANT | PETRII, large fleur-de-lis. / +S • IOHA | ͶͶES • B •, St. John the Baptist standing facing, tiara above right hand, cross-topped rod in left. A gorgeous example of this very rare and historically fascinating issue of the Avignon Papacy in the period just prior to the outbreak of the Great Schism of the 14th-century. Berman also acknowledges the possibility that these issues may have been struck before or after Urban's pontificate.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD