Catalog
Dinero - Alfonso VII Leon
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1135-1157 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattee divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a heraldic animal or symbolic device, consistent with the royal iconography of the Kingdom of Leon. The four quadrants appear to feature lions passant, the dynastic emblem of the Kingdom of Leon, rendered in the crude but expressive style of 12th-century hammered coinage. The Latin legend LEONIS surrounds the central cross, explicitly naming the kingdom. The overall design reflects the Carolingian-inspired denier tradition adapted to the Iberian monetary system under Alfonso VII. |
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| Reverse lettering | LEONIS |
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