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1/3 Trentin - Philip III
| Issuer | City of Barcelona |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Value | ⅔ Ducat (1/2) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Barcelona's municipal gold coinage occupied a peculiar administrative niche — the city minted in its own name under royal license, a privilege jealously defended through the Catalan constitutions. This particular emission coincided with Philip III's near-total disengagement from Aragonese affairs, leaving much of the Crown of Aragon's monetary administration to local institutions operating with unusual autonomy.
Cal#74 is among the scarcer fractions in this series, with documented surviving examples numbering in the low dozens across major collections.