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Dinero 'Cornado' - Sancho IV point
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1286-1288 |
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| Reference(s) | AB#305 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sancho IV's cornados were introduced shortly after he seized the throne from his nephew Alfonso de la Cerda in 1284, a succession dispute that fractured the Castilian nobility and required Sancho to rebuild royal finances rapidly. The small crown above the portrait — source of the "cornado" name — was a deliberate assertion of legitimate kingship during a reign never fully accepted by all magnates. AB#305 distinguishes this point variety from closely related emissions; the positioning of the punctuation mark was a mint control device, not decorative.