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Dinero - Alfonso IX lion
| Issuer | Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1202-1230 |
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| Currency | Dinero |
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| Obverse description | Central type depicting a rampant lion facing left, crowned, rendered in a bold and schematic medieval style characteristic of Leonese coinage. The lion fills the majority of the field and is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The legend LEO appears in the surrounding field, referencing the Kingdom of León. The flan is irregular, as is typical of hammered medieval billon coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross pattée divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a decorative element or letter, a common compositional device on Iberian medieval dineros. The legend ANFONS REX, identifying the issuer as King Alfonso, runs around the periphery within a beaded border. The overall style is typical of the crude but expressive hammered billon coinage produced across the Leonese mints during the reign of Alfonso IX. The flan is irregularly shaped with weak striking in places, consistent with contemporary minting practice. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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