Cruzado - Enrique II Burgos

Enrique II came to power by murdering his half-brother Pedro I at Montiel in 1369 — a fratricide that ended a brutal civil war and placed the Trastámara dynasty on the Castilian throne. The cruzado was among the first coinages struck under his authority, partly to finance the enormous debts accumulated during that war, much of it owed to French mercenary companies under Bertrand du Guesclin who had fought on Enrique's behalf.

The Burgos mint held particular prestige among Castilian facilities, and AB#451 represents output from the earliest years of a reign still consolidating itself militarily and financially.