Live auction - fwo_889779 - SPAIN - COUNTY OF BARCELONA - JAMES II CALLED THE JUST Gros n.d. Barcelone
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 19:34:09 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Gros
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Barcelone
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie très agréable recouverte d’une jolie patine sombre aux reflets irisés. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IACOBVS DEI GRACIA REX.
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche de Jacques II, habillé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Jacques, roi par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CI (DEUX ANNELETS) VI-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).
Commentary
Buste varié avec cinq annelets.
Historical background
SPAIN - COUNTY OF BARCELONA - JAMES II CALLED THE JUST
(1291-05/11/1327)
Jacques II was born around 1260. He is the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Hohenstaufen. First king of Sicille from 1285 to 1291 under the name of Jacques I, he became king of Aragon and count of Barcelona in 1291 and left Sicille to his younger brother Frederick II. On November 1, 1295 he married Blanche d'Anjou. He died in Barcelona on November 5, 1327.
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