v54_0322 - SPAIN - COUNTY OF BARCELONA - ALFONSO III (IV OF ARAGON) CALLED THE DEBONAIR OR GOOD-NATURED Gros n.d. Barcelone
MONNAIES 54 (2012)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Gros
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Barcelone
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente de hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor de Mirepoix et de TRÉSORS II, n° 573
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ALFONSVS DEI GRACIA REX.
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche de d’Alphonse III, habillé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Alphonse, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIVI-TAS B-ARCH-NONA.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'un groupe de trois besants, aux 2 et 3 d'un large annelet.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Barcelone).
Historical background
SPAIN - COUNTY OF BARCELONA - ALFONSO III (IV OF ARAGON) CALLED THE DEBONAIR OR GOOD-NATURED
(1327-1335)
Alphonse III (IV of Aragon) known as the Débonnaire was born in 1299 in Naples from the union of Jacques II of Aragon known as "the Just" and Blanche of Anjou. He became King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona on the death of his father in 1327. He died on January 24, 1336 in Barcelona.
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