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Dinheiro 'Bust' - Afonso I
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1139-1185 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ALFONSVS |
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Afonso Henriques, who became Afonso I following his victory at Ourique in 1139 — the battle after which he declared himself King of Portugal — issued this coinage as part of an immediate assertion of independent royal authority. Portugal had been a county under Leonese suzerainty; the dinheiro was among the first instruments of a monetarily sovereign, if still militarily precarious, new kingdom.
The billon composition reflects the chronic silver shortage that plagued Iberian minting throughout the twelfth century, a consequence of the ongoing Reconquista disrupting trade networks.