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Seiseno - Philip IV
| Issuer | Municipality of Olot (Province of Girona) |
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| Year | 1642 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing a bust of Philip IV facing right, struck in low relief with characteristic imprecision typical of wartime emergency coinage. The portrait shows the king in draped attire, the facial features broadly rendered due to the rudimentary die-cutting and irregular flan. A partial Latin legend reads PHILIPVS, preceded by a cross pattée, disposed around the periphery of the coin. The flan is notably irregular in outline, with areas of weak strike and surface porosity consistent with locally produced copper emergency issues of the Catalan Revolt period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a boldly struck depiction of the crowned coat of arms of Olot, rendered as a stylised arcaded or columned structure surmounted by a crown, representing the municipal symbol of the town. Four vertical columns or bars are clearly visible beneath the crown, occupying the majority of the field. The inscription OLOT appears in the legend, identifying the issuing municipality. The reverse strike is notably stronger and more defined than the obverse, a common characteristic of these locally produced seisenos struck during the emergency coinage period of the Catalan Revolt. |
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