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[[Image:Aureo423-1307.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1307]]

This specimen was lot 1307 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 380 € (about US$492 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Martí I (1396-1410). Barcelona. Half croat. Nice patina. Rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This half croat was struck for Martin I, count of Barcelona, who was also king of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and king of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure the accession of his illegitimate grandson, Frederic, Count of Luna, and with him the rule of the House of Barcelona came to an end. 

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': silver, this specimen 1,57 g. 

''Catalog reference'': Cru.V.S. 514.1, Cru.C.G. missing, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-1883]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'':
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas [[Spain|Españolas]], del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes,'' Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Barcelona (1336-87) florin Fr-1]]
* [[Barcelona (1396-1410) croat]]
* [[Barcelona (1396-1410) florin Fr-6]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1396]]
* return to [[Coinage of Catalonia]]

[[Category:Selections from Aureo sale 422, 423, 424]]