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1 Denier - Ferdinandus II mark SS
| Issuer | Kingdom of Valencia |
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| Year | 1479-1516 |
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| Currency | Libra |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylized tree — the symbol of Valencia — rises from the center of the field, flanked on either side by the mint mark letters S S, identifying the assayer or mint official. The tree is depicted with a straight trunk and symmetrical branching crown rendered in a schematic Gothic style. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, reading VALENCIE MAIORICA, referencing the joint territories of Valencia and Majorca under the Crown of Aragon. A small cross patée appears at the top of the legend as a break mark, consistent with Aragonese billon coinage conventions of the late 15th to early 16th century. |
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Ferdinand II's reign over Valencia — running concurrently with his rule of Aragon and, after 1479, as co-monarch of Castile — produced a coinage that reflected the administrative complexity of the Crown of Aragon's federated structure. Valencia retained its own mint and monetary system even as the Catholic Monarchs unified much of Iberia politically. The SS mark on this denier identifies the assayer responsible for guaranteeing the billon's fineness at a moment when debased small change was a chronic problem across Aragonese territories.