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Dinero - Fernando IV three points
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1295-1312 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized castle with three towers, rendered in the typical Romanesque fashion of medieval Castilian coinage, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Below the castle, three pellets are arranged in a triangular formation — the distinctive feature that gives this type its name. The circumferential Latin legend reads F REX CASTELLE, identifying the issuer as Fernando IV, King of Castile. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of hammered billon coinage of the period, with the design partially off-center. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a passant lion to the left within a beaded inner circle, rendered in a stylized heraldic manner characteristic of medieval Leonese coinage. The lion is shown with its head turned forward, with details of mane and paws visible despite the worn strike. The circumferential Latin legend ET LEGIONIS encircles the design, completing the royal titulature begun on the obverse. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped, consistent with hammered billon coinage of the late 13th to early 14th century. |
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Fernando IV inherited the Castilian throne at age nine in 1295, and the regency years that followed were marked by chronic baronial conflict and competing claims from his uncle Juan and cousin Alfonso de la Cerda. Billon coinage of this period was debased repeatedly as the crown struggled to fund military and political commitments without reliable tax receipts. The "three points" designation distinguishes this emission from closely related dinero types by die arrangement, a distinction codified in the Álvarez Burgos corpus reference now standard among Iberian medieval specialists.