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Dinero - Enrique II Leon
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1373-1379 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a passant lion rampant facing left, set within a double linear square border, rendered in the crude but vigorous style typical of late 14th-century Castilian hammered coinage. The lion is shown with an open mouth and raised forepaw. A royal crown appears above the upper border. The peripheral legend, partially visible due to the irregular flan, encircles the design with a beaded outer border framing the entire composition. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Enrique II came to power through one of medieval Iberia's most prolonged civil wars, having spent nearly two decades fighting his half-brother Pedro I — the man history would split into "the Cruel" and "the Just" depending on which chronicle you trusted. The war ended at Montiel in 1374, where Pedro was killed in a tent, reportedly by Enrique's own hand. This dinero belongs to the monetary reorganization that followed, as Enrique attempted to stabilize a currency badly debased by wartime emergency issues from both sides of the conflict.
AB#498 is among the more commonly encountered dineros of his reign, though billon survivorship from fourteenth-century Castile remains uneven.