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Pugesa Armengol X, Cubells

Issuer County of Urgell
Year 1299
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Weight 0.35 g
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Reverse description Reverse of this small hammered copper pugesa, struck on an irregular flan typical of late 13th-century Catalonian feudal coinage. The design appears to continue elements related to the obverse type, with low-relief devices characteristic of the Cubells mint under Count Armengol X of Urgell. The crude striking and irregular planchet are consistent with the known output of this minor feudal mint circa 1299. Surface shows green copper patination and wear consistent with circulation use.
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Mintage 1299: ND (1299)
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Armengol X was the last Count of Urgell of the original Urgell line, and his coinage reflects the political precariousness of a county increasingly subordinate to the Crown of Aragon. He died in 1314 without legitimate male heirs, triggering a succession dispute that would eventually extinguish the county's independence entirely by the mid-fifteenth century. Cubells, the issuing mint, was a fortified town in the southern reaches of the county — its selection likely tied to Armengol's territorial priorities in the contested lowland frontier zones.

The Cru#1401 classification places this among the more elusive Urgell minor issues; surviving examples in any condition are infrequently encountered at auction.

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