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Dinero - Alfonso VII Leon
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1135-1157 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Two facing busts depicted side by side in schematic medieval style, rendered in low relief within a plain field. The two effigies are shown frontally, with simplified facial features characteristic of Iberian Romanesque coinage of the twelfth century. A dotted border runs along the coin's irregular periphery. The design is crudely struck, as typical of hammered billon dineros of Alfonso VII. |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée occupies the central field, its arms extending nearly to the inner beaded circle that encloses the design. The legend INPERATOR (Emperor) is distributed in the outer field between the beaded inner circle and the irregular toothed border, referencing Alfonso VII's imperial title proclaimed in 1135. The lettering is rendered in a characteristic Romanesque lapidary script, with individual letters separated by the arms of the cross. The overall composition is typical of twelfth-century Castilian and Leonese hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | INPERATOR (Translation: Emperor) |
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