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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3316941, member: 78244&quot;]Here is the evolution of the silver Fiorino:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the &quot;prototype&quot; struck between 1232 and 1237:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879309[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my coin. Note how the layout and style of the coin as a whole is the same as the &quot;prototype.&quot; However, St. John is portrayed with a much finer portrait, typical of the high quality of Florentine products. This &quot;variety&quot; was struck between 1237 and 1250. Note the dot after FLORENTIA and the wide space between the Fleur petals and the stem. That is diagnostic for the early variety and is fairly scarce.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This example has longer hair, which is a breakaway from the original.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879311[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The bust of St. John then starts including more of his torso, making him look less scrunched onto the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879314[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The next major type if the &quot;Fiorino di Stella&quot;. These are named after the star placed after FLORENTIA. This is by far the most common of the varieties. These were made between 1250 and 1260, so these would have been produced concurrently with the gold Fiorinos.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are characterized by the wide space between the Fleur petals and the stem, a helmet-like top petal, a thin stem, and long spindly hair on St. John.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879315[/ATTACH]</p><p>A later example of the above variety has a narrow gap between the the Fleur petals and a thick stem.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879317[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The helmet-like ridge then disappeared from the top petal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879318[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is a very scarce variety in which the star is replaced with a dot. The style of the Fleur indicates it was struck after the above issues. This was struck sometime between 1260 and 1279.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879334[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the reverse inscription was altered from S . IONANNES . B . to S . IONANNES <b>:</b> B . (addition of a : between S and B). This variety is also placed between 1260 and 1279, though it was likely struck later than the above coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879333[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the last variety (which I don&#039;t have a picture of) changes the dot after FLORENTIA to an o. This is probably the latest variety of the silver Fiorinos, though it is still placed in the 1260-1279 time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also another odd variety which has a trifoil (a clover) beneath St. John&#039;s cross. This one is said to have been struck between 1250 and 1256.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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