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Dinero Pedro II de Urgel, Agramunt
| Issuer | County of Urgell |
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| Year | 1347-1408 |
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| Weight | 0.75 g |
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| Reverse description | A bishop's crosier (pastoral staff) is depicted centrally within a beaded inner circle, its curved volute clearly rendered at the top with pellets flanking the shaft, characteristic of the ecclesiastical symbol associated with the County of Urgell. Globules are scattered around the crosier in the field. A circular Latin legend runs between the inner beaded circle and the outer border, reading +PETRVS:DEI:GRACI, referencing Count Peter by the grace of God. The overall style is consistent with the rough, irregular fabric of late medieval Catalan hammered billon coinage. |
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| Mint | Agramunt |
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Pedro II of Urgell ruled the county from 1347 until his death in 1408, a reign complicated by his persistent involvement in the dynastic struggles of the Crown of Aragon and chronic financial strain that pushed the county's mint at Agramunt into irregular production. Billon coinage of this type was struck at a notably debased standard, reflecting the broader monetary degradation common to Catalan counties in the second half of the fourteenth century — a period when silver content in small denomination issues collapsed across the region.
Agramunt held the county's principal mint rights for this denomination, a privilege that had been contested periodically by the bishops of Urgell.