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Obolo Aurembiaix, Agramunt
| Issuer | County of Urgell |
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| Year | 1228-1231 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Aurembiaix of Urgell inherited the county in 1209 after her father Ermengol VIII died without male heirs, but Catalan custom and baronial pressure forced her into a prolonged fight to hold it. By 1228 she had ceded the county to James I of Aragon in exchange for his military support and recognition of her authority — a deal that effectively ended Urgell's independence within a generation. This obol was struck during that narrow window when she held nominal comital authority.
Billon coinage of this weight from Agramunt is among the most fragile survivors of Catalan feudal issues.