Majorca (1343-87) dobler
This specimen was lot 1509 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, MAJORQUE, Pierre Ier (IV en Aragon) (1343-1387), billon dobler. D/ + P' DEI GRA ARAGON B. couronné de f. entre deux rosettes. R/ + ET MAIOR-ICAR REX Croix longue. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (Spain, kingdom of Mallorca, Peter of Aragon, 1343-87, billon dobler. Obverse: crowned bust facing between two rosettes; reverse: long cross. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This ruler issued many coins ranging from a real de oro down to a billon diner (half a dobler). The Balearic islands were not reconquered from the Moslems until 1229-32. Aragon's possession of them allowed the dynasty to dominate the western Mediterranean. Spain would not be unified until Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile and sent Columbus to discover America.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1,39 g.
Catalog reference: Crusafont 453; Cayón-2072.
- 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.
- [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:
- Majorca (1311-24) dobler, Sancho of Aragon
- Majorca (1324-43) dinero, Jaime III
- Majorca (1324-43) real, Jaime III
- Majorca (1368-87) 1/8 real d'oro Fr-51, Peter I (Peter IV of Aragon)
- Majorca (1368-87) real de oro Fr-48, Peter of Aragon
- Coins and currency of 1343
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