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1/2 Real - Pedro IV
| Issuer | Majorca, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1336-1387 |
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| Value | 1/2 Real (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned frontal figure of King Pedro IV, crowned and robed, holding a sceptre in the right hand and an orb in the left, set within a cusped Gothic quatrefoil frame. The royal effigy is rendered in the stylised medieval manner characteristic of Crown of Aragon coinage of the fourteenth century. The field on either side of the throne bears small decorative elements. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire composition, separated from the central design by a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | + PETRUS DEI GRACIA REX |
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Pedro IV of Aragon — "El Ceremoniós" — absorbed Majorca into the Crown of Aragon in 1343 after a brief military campaign against his cousin Jaume III, effectively ending the independent Kingdom of Majorca. This coinage dates to his subsequent rule over the island, struck under the monetary ordinances he imposed to align Mallorcan issues with Aragonese fiscal policy. Jaume III died at the Battle of Llucmajor in 1349 attempting to reclaim the throne, but the monetary transition was already complete.