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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3340559, member: 56653"]I see that there wasn't much interest in this post, but maybe this follow up might spark some interest:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an extremely rare diner of Guerau de Cabrera, Ponc's father:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884623[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Specs:</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">AR18mm 0.96g, vellon diner, minted at Balaguer or Agramunt(?), cca. 1223-1226.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">OBV: + GERAD ' : COMES; bishop staff standing between leaves.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">REV: + VRGELLENSIS; cross</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">REF: Crusafont VS 123, Balaguer 127.5.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>After the death of Ermengol VIII in 1208, Guerau de Cabrera (Ermengol's nephew) claimed the County of Urgel as his, usurping the right of succession of Ermengol's daughter Aurembiaix, who in turn was supported by King Peter of Aragon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guerau claimed the County again in 1213, after the death of King Peter, and invaded while Aurembiaix was at the Castilian court with her first husband, don Alvaro Perez de Castro. Between 1213 and 1220, a conflict kept going between the new regime of Guerau and the regency of Elvira de Subirats (Aurembiaix's mother). In 1220 the regency collapsed when Elvira died and Guerau remained the only authority by rule of conquest.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1228, having her marriage annulled, Aurembiaix returned to Urgel with the support of King Jaume I of Aragon and drove Guerau back to Ager. He would die in 1229 having lost the Countship, but still in control of Ager and his ancestral fief of Cabrera. Aurembiaix ruled Urgel until her death in 1231, after which the succession conflict arose again between the Cabrera faction and Peter of Portugal, Aurembiaix's second husband and Count by jus uxoris.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage of Guerau is rare and was probably minted at either Agramunt or most likely Balaguer, around 1223-1226, when we have information about the use of the baronial coinage of Urgel (Anna M. Balaguer - Historia de la moneda dels comtats catalans, p. 243).</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular example with GERAD legend is distinctly rare, possibly one of a handful known specimens. Another <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2650097" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2650097" rel="nofollow">similar example</a> (with the obverse struck with the same die as this spec?) was the only known specimen of this type by Balaguer and Crusafont, and thus extremely rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3340559, member: 56653"]I see that there wasn't much interest in this post, but maybe this follow up might spark some interest: Here is an extremely rare diner of Guerau de Cabrera, Ponc's father: [ATTACH=full]884623[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Specs: AR18mm 0.96g, vellon diner, minted at Balaguer or Agramunt(?), cca. 1223-1226. OBV: + GERAD ' : COMES; bishop staff standing between leaves. REV: + VRGELLENSIS; cross REF: Crusafont VS 123, Balaguer 127.5.[/SIZE] After the death of Ermengol VIII in 1208, Guerau de Cabrera (Ermengol's nephew) claimed the County of Urgel as his, usurping the right of succession of Ermengol's daughter Aurembiaix, who in turn was supported by King Peter of Aragon. Guerau claimed the County again in 1213, after the death of King Peter, and invaded while Aurembiaix was at the Castilian court with her first husband, don Alvaro Perez de Castro. Between 1213 and 1220, a conflict kept going between the new regime of Guerau and the regency of Elvira de Subirats (Aurembiaix's mother). In 1220 the regency collapsed when Elvira died and Guerau remained the only authority by rule of conquest. In 1228, having her marriage annulled, Aurembiaix returned to Urgel with the support of King Jaume I of Aragon and drove Guerau back to Ager. He would die in 1229 having lost the Countship, but still in control of Ager and his ancestral fief of Cabrera. Aurembiaix ruled Urgel until her death in 1231, after which the succession conflict arose again between the Cabrera faction and Peter of Portugal, Aurembiaix's second husband and Count by jus uxoris. The coinage of Guerau is rare and was probably minted at either Agramunt or most likely Balaguer, around 1223-1226, when we have information about the use of the baronial coinage of Urgel (Anna M. Balaguer - Historia de la moneda dels comtats catalans, p. 243). This particular example with GERAD legend is distinctly rare, possibly one of a handful known specimens. Another [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2650097']similar example[/URL] (with the obverse struck with the same die as this spec?) was the only known specimen of this type by Balaguer and Crusafont, and thus extremely rare.[/QUOTE]
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