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Denier - John II Gerona
| Issuer | Catalonia, Principality of |
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| Year | 1458-1479 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal bust facing left, rendered in a bold medieval style characteristic of Catalan hammered coinage. The effigy is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the crown prominently depicted above the head. A Latin legend surrounds the design, identifying the issuing monarch by name and title. The flan is irregular, as typical of hand-struck medieval billon issues, with some weakness at the periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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John II's reign over Catalonia was defined less by orderly governance than by the brutal civil war of 1462–1472, during which the Generalitat de Catalunya actively deposed him and offered the crown successively to Henry IV of Castile and then René of Anjou. Coinage continued to be struck in his name throughout the conflict, though monetary authority over individual mints shifted hands more than once as the war's front lines moved.
The Gerona mint was among the smaller Catalan operations, and output from it during John's reign is correspondingly thin.