Gérard II de Roussillon ruled a county whose allegiance was actively contested between the Crown of Aragon and the County of Barcelona throughout the twelfth century. His coinage was struck during a period when the county's political future was effectively being decided by treaty rather than arms — Roussillon would pass definitively into Aragonese hands under Alfonso II by 1172, the very year this issue ceases.
Poey d'Avant's classification of this type rests on a small surviving corpus, and attribution to Gérard II specifically rather than to the broader Roussillon series depends heavily on the Perpignan mint's output conventions of the period.
Gérard II de Roussillon ruled a county whose allegiance was actively contested between the Crown of Aragon and the County of Barcelona throughout the twelfth century. His coinage was struck during a period when the county's political future was effectively being decided by treaty rather than arms — Roussillon would pass definitively into Aragonese hands under Alfonso II by 1172, the very year this issue ceases.
Poey d'Avant's classification of this type rests on a small surviving corpus, and attribution to Gérard II specifically rather than to the broader Roussillon series depends heavily on the Perpignan mint's output conventions of the period.