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Pugesa Lerida
| Issuer | Catalonia, Principality of |
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| Year | 1479-1516 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in the field, serving as the heraldic emblem of the city of Lérida. A Latin legend encircles the design, reading PUG.ESAD.ELE.IDA, identifying the denomination and issuing city. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. The overall style is simple and utilitarian, consistent with low-denomination municipal copper coinage of late medieval Catalonia. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The pugesa was the smallest denomination in Catalonia's medieval copper coinage, and this issue spans the reign of Ferdinand II — the same Ferdinand whose union with Isabella of Castile is usually discussed in grander dynastic terms. In Catalonia specifically, Ferdinand ruled not as king but as count, a distinction the principality's institutions defended with considerable legal force throughout his reign.
Cru. 1449 is among the more commonly encountered types of the series, though surface corrosion from prolonged burial frequently obscures detail on copper of this period.