Groat - Alfonso IV

Alfonso IV of Aragon — Alfonso V to the Catalans — spent the bulk of his reign pursuing and consolidating the Kingdom of Naples, captured in 1442 after a decade of intermittent campaigning. His prolonged absence from the Iberian peninsula meant the Principality of Catalonia operated with unusual administrative autonomy, and coinage continued under the authority of local officials rather than direct royal supervision. The Generalitat's influence on monetary affairs during these years was considerable.

Cru. 820 is attributed to the Barcelona mint, which held the dominant striking privilege for Catalan silver throughout this period.