Catalog
Dinero - Alfonso VII Leon
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1126-1135 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Central plain cross with equal arms within a beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four quadrants each ornamented with a small star or pellet. The peripheral legend ANFVS REX runs between the inner beaded circle and the outer rim, separated by additional stars at the cardinal points. The overall design is characteristic of Leonese Romanesque coinage, executed in the crude but vigorous hammered style typical of the early twelfth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alfonso VII's early coinage as king of León predates his 1135 imperial coronation at León, when he was acclaimed Emperor of All Spain — a title no Iberian ruler had claimed in over a century. These billon dineros belong to the years when he was consolidating authority against both Aragonese encroachment and internal Leonese opposition following his mother Urraca's turbulent reign.
AB#45 is among the thinner documented types from this transitional period of Castilian-Leonese minting.