Catalog
1 Sobirana - Joan Martí i Alanis Episcopal Co-Prince, Catalan
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra, depicted in clerical vestments including a zucchetto, rendered in high relief with fine portraiture detail. The effigy occupies the central field, with the engraver's initials LT visible at the lower left. A circular Catalan legend runs along the entire periphery, separated from the portrait by a plain inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device featuring the conjoined arms of the Bishop of Urgell (left shield, bearing flowers and a wheat sheaf on horizontal lines) and the Principality of Andorra (right shield, bearing the traditional Catalan arms with bars and a cow), flanked by elaborate episcopal tasselled cordons and surmounted by a processional cross beneath a bishop's hat. The date 1979 appears on a scroll-shaped banner in the lower exergue. The Catalan motto legend encircles the entire design along the periphery. |
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