Moneda oficial i diversitat monetària a Catalunya a la primera meitat del segle XIII: El cas de Vic

Abstract

While medieval coinage is normally studied from a numismatic point of view or as a fiscal instrument or element of income for the public authorities responsible of the coinage, this study, considering the references to different currencies in notarial documentation and especially in the first volume of the Cúria Fumada archive of Vic (3,308 documents covering the period September 1230 to December 1233), analyses the monetary types wich were really in use in the interior of Catalonia during the first half of de XIII century, documenting up to nine simultaneous different currencies. This study analyses the different currencies, their relative importance, their ambit of use and their specialisation and equivalencies. New information is also provided regarding a particular subject as is the episcopal stamping of coins in Vic during the first half of the XIII century.