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Cruzado - Enrique II Cordoba
| Issuer | Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
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| Year | 1369-1373 |
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| Currency | Real (1350-1400) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ENRICVS REX CASTELLE (Translation: Henry II King of Castile) |
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Enrique II came to power by murdering his half-brother Pedro I at Montiel in 1369 — one of the more nakedly dynastic killings of medieval Iberia. The cruzado issues from the earliest years of his reign were part of a broader effort to legitimize a usurper's rule through the machinery of coinage, flooding circulation with new types that displaced Pedro's money and established Trastámara authority in metal as well as fact.
AB#466 is among the earlier cruzado attributions for this reign. Billon quality varies considerably across Castilian mints of this period, with Córdoba issues occasionally showing irregular flan preparation consistent with a mint under administrative reorganization following the dynastic transition.