Catalog
Dinero angel, blades
| Issuer | County of Girona |
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| Year | 934-1035 |
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| Weight | 0.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Central cross pattée with elongated blade-like arms extending toward the coin's edge, dividing the field into four quadrants. A beaded inner circle frames the cross motif. The surrounding legend reads SANCTA CRUX, rendered in crude Latin capitals characteristic of early medieval Catalan coinage. The die work is rough and irregular, consistent with hammered production of the 10th–11th century. |
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| Reverse description | Standing haloed angel depicted in full figure, facing left, with right hand raised in a gesture of benediction or blessing. The figure is rendered in a highly stylized, flat manner typical of Carolingian-influenced Catalan ecclesiastical coinage. The wings are spread and visible behind the figure. A beaded border runs along the coin's periphery. The field is largely plain, with no accompanying legend. |
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The County of Girona operated as a de facto independent Carolingian successor state during this period, nominally subordinate to the Frankish crown but functionally autonomous under its own counts. Coinage rights — a jealously controlled Carolingian prerogative — were exercised locally here well before any formal grant, a pattern repeated across the Spanish March as Frankish central authority collapsed through the tenth century. The "blades" variety designation in Crusafont's typology reflects a die characteristic, not a design choice, distinguishing this subtype from otherwise near-identical parallel issues of the county.