Coin called excellent, double ducat or excellent of Granada. Minted after the conquest of Granada, in the new mint of Toledo.
The coin bears the official symbols of the Catholic Monarchs and the specific marks of having been issued in the Toledo mint.
On the obverse, the busts of the Catholic Monarchs appear facing each other, surrounded by the legend "+FERNANDVS : ET : ELISABET : D(ei) : G(racia) :REX : E".
On the reverse, the coat of arms of the Monarchs is shown guarded by the eagle of Saint John and the legend "SVB UMBRA:ALARVM TVARVM.PROTEG."
This piece conforms to the patterns and models established by the Pragmatic of Medina del Campo of June 13, 1497, with which the Catholic Monarchs tried to unify the gold coins of all their states. The ducat of Venetian origin was thus established in Castile, which was the most widely used currency at the time in Europe and which had been minted in Aragon and Valencia since 1483.
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