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Obol - Iacobus II
| Issuer | Aragon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1291-1327 |
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| Reference(s) | Cru#365 |
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| Obverse lettering | ARAGON |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jaume II inherited Aragon in 1291 under immediate dynastic pressure: he simultaneously held Sicily, which brought him into direct conflict with the Angevins and drew papal interdiction. The Treaty of Anagni in 1295 eventually forced his formal renunciation of Sicily, redirecting Aragonese expansion toward Sardinia and the Greek duchy of Athens instead. Small billon fractions like this obol circulated in the densely commercialized markets of the Crown's Mediterranean trading ports, where fractional change was a daily practical necessity rather than a monetary statement.
The Cru 365 attribution places this within a well-documented Barcelonese series, though die-link studies suggest production was not confined to a single mint.