Balssonaya Pubblico Deposited
A Spanish billon coin struck by the Counts of Barcelona during the thirteenth century, to distinguish the type from the contemporary issues of the Kings of Aragon. See Blanchet (i. 312). The name is also written Bassanaya and Balssonaya, and Du Cange quotes docu- ments of 1209 and 1343, the former of which states that " fuit aspera moneta de Bassanaya quae duravit tres annos. "
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)