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Dinero - Alfonso VIII knight
| Issuer | Castile, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1166-1167 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Armored equestrian figure of the king advancing to the right, mounted on a walking horse rendered in a schematic Romanesque style. The rider wears a crown and holds an unsheathed sword raised in the right hand, with a shield visible at the left side. The horse's legs and underbelly are depicted in bold, stylized relief typical of early Castilian hammered coinage. The overall composition fills the irregular flan, with the field showing characteristic surface roughness of billon dineros of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A bold Greek cross with equal arms occupies the center of the field, its limbs extending nearly to the coin's edge and dividing the reverse into four quadrants. The legend +ALFONS runs around the periphery in Latin characters, referencing the issuing monarch Alfonso VIII. The lettering is rendered in a primitive Romanesque style consistent with mid-12th-century Castilian coinage, and the surface retains the characteristic granular texture of low-silver billon. The overall design is simple and hieratic, emphasizing the cross as the principal device. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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