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Dinero - Sancho V elegant bust to right
| Issuer | Pamplona and Aragon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1063-1094 |
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| Reference(s) | Cru#203 |
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| Reverse description | Facing or slightly right-turned crowned bust of King Sancho V within a beaded inner circle, depicted in an archaic Romanesque style with linear hair detailing and a schematic facial rendering typical of 11th-century Navarrese-Aragonese coinage. The regal effigy is framed by a surrounding Latin legend reading SANCIVS REX, identifying the king by name and title. The legend is separated by pellets and arranged around the inner circle. |
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| Mintage | ND (1063-1094) |
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Sancho V of Aragon — known as Sancho Ramírez after his father — became king of Pamplona in 1076 following the murder of his cousin Sancho IV, whose assassination by Navarrese nobles left the throne effectively vacant. His dual rule over Aragon and Pamplona made him the most powerful Christian king in the upper Iberian peninsula, and the coinage of this period reflects that consolidated authority rather than two separate mints operating in parallel.
Billon issues from this reign are rarely found without significant surface porosity — a known characteristic of the alloy ratios used in the Pyrenean mints during the late eleventh century.