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1/2 Groat - Philip III small cross
| Issuer | Catalonia, Principality of |
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| Year | 1611-1619 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groat (1/20) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A short plain cross divides the central field into four quarters, with an annulet in the first and fourth angles and three bezants arranged in the second and third angles. The date appears within the legend, which is contained between two beaded circles and reads clockwise around the periphery. The overall design is characteristic of the Barcelona mint's hammered coinage of the early seventeenth century. |
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Philip III never set foot in Catalonia after his coronation visit of 1599, yet the Principality retained enough autonomy under the Crown of Aragon's constitutional framework that its coinage was struck independently at Barcelona — distinct in type and fineness from Castilian issues produced under the same king. The small cross variety distinguishes this emission from the larger cross type struck concurrently, a differentiation that appears tied to die production practices at the Barcelona mint rather than any formal monetary decree.