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Dinero - Alfonso VII Leon
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1126-1157 |
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| Weight | 1 g |
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| Obverse description | A plain Latin cross with equal arms dominates the central field, extending nearly to the inner beaded circle. The four quadrants formed by the cross are plain. The legend IHESUS runs around the periphery between the inner beaded border and the outer rim, characteristic of the medieval Leonese dinero coinage of Alfonso VII. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Alfonso VII inherited a fractured Iberian polity and spent much of his reign consolidating control over Castile, León, Galicia, and nominally over Navarre and Aragon — a dominance formalized in 1135 when he was crowned Imperator totius Hispaniae at León. The billon dinero issues of his reign were struck within that imperial framework, circulating across a territorial span no subsequent Leonese ruler would match.
AB#66 is catalogued by Álvarez Burgos among the more frequently encountered types of his reign, though attribution of individual specimens to specific mints remains difficult given the absence of consistent mint marks on issues of this period.