Dénesi Tamás (szerk.): Collectanea Sancti Martini - A Pannonhalmi Főapátság Gyűjteményeinek Értesítője 7. (Pannonhalma, 2019)
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Magyar aranyforintok Sant Pere de Rodes monostorából 123 Márton Gyöngyössy Hungarian Florins from the Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes Data of Numismatics Connected to the Catalan Relationships of Hungary in the Middle Ages In 1989, during the renovation of a Catalan Benedictine monastery (Sant Pere de Rodes), in the Abbot’s House, a hoard of coins of outstanding significance was discovered. The discovery of this late mediaeval and early modern treasure was published in 1999. Out of the 658 coins hidden in the 1520s 348 pieces were golden. The forty-five Hungarian florin among them come from the period starting with the rule of Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387–1437) and terminated with the reign of Vladislaus II (1490–1516), the latest date on them is 1512. This discovery is not the only occurrence of the Hungarian florin on the Iberian Peninsula since a publication in Spanish pointed it out as early as the 1930s, though Lajos Huszár did not demonstrate the presence of the Hungarian golden coin in the area of the Iberian Peninsula (that is in present day Spain and Portugal) when processing the data of findings. The inner proportions of the Hungarian golden coins in the findings correspond to the proportions of financial transactions in contemporary Hungary. This fact unambiguously suggests that Hungarian florin got out of Hungary in the 1510s, probably together in total. Maybe a Sephardic Jew of Buda wanted to help some relatives in Catalonia, or just did some business with them; however, it can equally be possible that a member of Queen Anne of Foix’s household coming from the South of France sent some money home for some relatives from the funds in hand accumulated in Hungary, or maybe – returning home – he/she took home the funds in hand obtained in Buda. The way how the Hungarian coins got to the Benedictines in Catalonia is not known. According to the last date of the Hungarian florins in the findings the assumed act might have occurred after 1512 but obviously still during the reign of Vladislaus II since none of the florins of Louis II (1516–1526) is included in the findings. The forty-five Hungarian florins found in the Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes are the relics of this Hungarian and Catalan/Sephardic/Southern-French relationship whose detailed description and assessment is shared through this paper.
