bfe_633935 - SPAIN - MARCA HISPANICA - CATALONIA - BISHOPRIC OF URGEL - PETER II OF ARAGON (1347-1408) Denier

SPAIN - MARCA HISPANICA - CATALONIA - BISHOPRIC OF URGEL - PETER II OF ARAGON (1347-1408) Denier VF

280.00 €(Approx. 299.60$ | 238.00£)

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Type : Denier

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Agramont

Metal : billon

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,56 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène

Catalogue references :

Bd.623 (15 f.) - CC/21857

Obverse

Obverse legend : PET[VS DEI. GR]ACI.

Obverse description : Crosse accostée de deux trèfles et de deux besants.

Obverse translation : (Pierre, par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + A CO[M]ES: VRGE[LLI].

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre besants.

Reverse translation : (Comte d’Urgel).

Historical background

SPAIN - MARCA HISPANICA - CATALONIA - BISHOPRIC OF URGEL - PETER II OF ARAGON (1347-1408)

(1347-1408)

The county of Urgel, located at the foot of the southern slopes of the Pyrenees, belonged to the empire of Charlemagne while most of Spain depended on the emirate of Cordoba which will be erected as a caliphate in 929 under Adb el- Rahman III. Around 1027/31, the Caliphate of Cordoba crumbled into many principalities called "taifas". The reconquest of Spain by the Christians, one of the decisive events of which was the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa on July 16, 1212, only took place at the instigation of Pope Innocent III. The county of Urgel was definitively attached to the crown of Aragon in 1412.