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Dinero - Alfonso X 1st Granada war
| Issuer | Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
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| Year | 1264-1268 |
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| Currency | Dinero (1087-1350) |
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| Obverse description | Crowded multi-line Latin legend filling the entire field of this small hammered billon dinero, reading ALFONSVS REX CASTELLE ET LEGIONIS in Gothic characters arranged across several horizontal registers. The inscription, identifying Alfonso X as King of Castile and Leon, is the sole design element on this face, with no central figural motif. The letters are boldly struck though somewhat irregular due to the hand-struck hammered technique typical of 13th-century Castilian coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edges, consistent with the emergency coinage produced during the First Granada War period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A quartered shield occupying the full field of the coin, divided by a plain cross into four quarters bearing alternately a castle (representing Castile) and a rampant lion (representing Leon), the heraldic arms of the united Crown of Castile and Leon. The castle, depicted with three towers, appears in the upper-left and lower-right quarters, while the passant or rampant lion occupies the remaining quarters. The design is rendered in the bold, simplified style characteristic of mid-13th-century Castilian hammered coinage. The flan is irregular with a somewhat serrated edge, typical of this emergency wartime issue. |
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