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Dinero - Alfonso XI Toledo
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1331-1332 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a Gothic castle with three towers enclosed within a plain square border; the castle features a prominent central keep flanked by two lateral towers, each topped with battlements, with an arched gateway visible at the base. Four heraldic lions rampant occupy the angles outside the central square, forming a quartered decorative surround typical of Castilian coinage of the period. The surrounding legend is struck in Gothic Latin characters along the coin's periphery, partially legible on this irregular flan. The overall style is consistent with the hammered billon coinage produced under Alfonso XI at the Toledo mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALF REX CASTELLE (Translation: Alfonso XI King of Castile) |
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Alfonso XI ordered a sweeping monetary reform in 1331, convening the Cortes at Burgos specifically to address the debasement crisis that had plagued Castilian coinage through his minority. The dineros issued from Toledo under this reform were part of a deliberate attempt to restore public confidence in billon currency after years of wildly inconsistent silver content from competing mints.
The Toledo mint's output from this specific reform window is brief — the reordering of mint ordinances by 1332 curtailed the issue's production run to under two years.