Barcelona (1291-1327) croat
This specimen was lot 1498 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €130 (about US$169 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, CATALOGNE ET ARAGON, Jaime II (1291-1327), AR croat, Barcelone. D/ B. cour. à g., le manteau orné de cinq annelets. R/ CI:VI-TAS B-ARCh'-NONA Longue croix pattée cantonnée de deux annelets et de deux groupes de trois globules. Fines griffes. Beau à Très Beau. (Spain, county of Catalonia and kingdom of Aragon, James II, 1291-1327, silver croat, Barcelona mint. Obverse: crowned bust left, mantle adorned with five annulets; reverse: long cross pattée cantonned with two annulets and two sets of triple pellets. Fine scratches, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This ruler also issued a dinero and an obolo (half dinero) but no gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,92 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-1844, Crusafont 337.3.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Grierson, Philip, Coins of Medieval Europe, London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1991.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- Barcelona (1285-91) croat, Alfonso II
- Sicily (1285-96) tari James I of Aragon
- Barcelona (1327-36) croat, Alfons III
- Sardinia (1327-36) alfonsino Alfonso IV
- Coins and currency dated 1291
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