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Dinero saint
| Issuer | County of Ausona |
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| Year | 900-1017 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central cross pattée positioned above a circular inner border enclosing a stylized design. The legend +AVSONA is disposed around the periphery of the flan between two raised concentric circles, rendered in rough Carolingian majuscules characteristic of early medieval hammered coinage. The lettering is irregularly spaced, reflecting the hand-cut die technique of the period. The overall layout follows the standard Carolingian denier prototype with the toponym as the principal obverse legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | +AVSONA (Translation: Ausona) |
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The County of Ausona, centered on Vic in what is now Catalonia, issued coinage independently before its absorption into the County of Barcelona — a process formalized when count Bermon died without heirs in 1017, collapsing the line. These small silver pieces circulated in a fragmented political zone where Carolingian overlordship had effectively dissolved and local lords exercised full fiscal authority by the tenth century.
Cruïlles 35 is among the rarer documented Catalan pre-feudal types; surviving examples are few, reflecting both low original mintage and the coin's extended circulation window across more than a century of use.