Groat - James II Barcelona

正面描述	Crowned bust of King James II facing left, depicted in a stylized Gothic manner with flowing hair visible beneath a multi-pointed crown and a beaded collar at the truncation. The effigy is contained within an inner beaded circle, with a further outer beaded border framing the peripheral legend. The inscription runs clockwise around the bust in Gothic lettering between the two concentric beaded circles.
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正面铭文	+IACOBUS DEI GRACIA REX (Translation: James king by the grace of God)
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附加信息	James II ruled Catalonia and Aragon while simultaneously holding the Kingdom of Sicily — a dual obligation that created persistent fiscal strain and drove monetary reform across his territories. The Barcelona groat series was part of a broader Aragonese effort to align Catalan silver coinage with the heavier denomination systems gaining traction across the western Mediterranean, particularly those spreading outward from Venice and Florence. Catalan commercial networks in this period extended deep into the Levant, and a credible heavy silver piece was a practical necessity, not an administrative exercise.

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