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1 Gold maravedi - Ferdinand II
| Issuer | Kingdom of León |
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| Year | 1186-1188 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | +IN NE⁝PATRIS⁝⁊FLI⁝⁊SPS⁝SCI LEO (Translation: In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Leon) |
| Reverse description | Frontal bust of King Ferdinand II wearing an elaborate beaded crown, depicted with shoulder-length hair and a short beard in the Romanesque portrait tradition. The king holds a patriarchal cross-sceptre in his right hand and what appears to be a globus cruciger or sword in his left, conveying both spiritual and temporal authority. The bust is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the royal legend +FERNANDVS⁝DEI⁝GRACIA REX running clockwise in the outer field, identifying the issuer as Ferdinand, king by the grace of God. The portrait is rendered with fine relief detail for a hammered coin of this period, reflecting the high artistic standard of the Leonese royal mint. |
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Ferdinand II died in January 1188, making this a terminal issue of his reign — struck in the same year the Cortes of León convened at León city, the first parliamentary assembly in European history to include urban representatives alongside clergy and nobility. Whether these coins moved through that gathering's hands is unknowable, but the chronological overlap is exact.