Croat

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Not on view
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Peter II, known as 'The Great'
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Description:

The territorial expansion of the Crown of Aragon in the course of the thirteenth century brought with it a need to mint coins of a higher value than those in circulation at the time. James I the Conqueror had already manufactured large coins of good silver in Montpellier. His son and successor, Peter II the Great, also had one minted in Barcelona in 1285, the croat, which made use of the same designs as Barcelona's billon coins. The obverse shows the crowned effigy of the king, surrounded by his name, and the reverse bears a cross with rings and dots, along with the name of the issuing city.

Numismatics

1285

Botet i Sisó Collection, purchased 1933

Inventory number: 

034137-N

24 mm
6 h
3.11 g
Barcelona
+:PETRUS DEI GRACIA REX:.
Bust of the king crowned, facing left.
CIUI-TAS:-.BARCh´-NONA.
Cross intersecting legend with rings in the 1st and 4th spaces, and three dots in the 2nd and 3rd.
Silver
Century: 13th
Pere II, dit «El Gran» - Croat - 1285
Croat