Catalog
Dinero - Urraca Toledo
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1109-1112 |
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| Reference(s) | AB#11 |
| Obverse description | Frontal effigy of Queen Urraca, depicted facing, with a simplified crown surmounted by a small cross at its apex, rendered in a schematic Romanesque style characteristic of early 12th-century Iberian coinage. The face is rendered in a highly stylized manner with minimal detail, enclosed within a series of concentric arched lines suggesting a nimbus or decorative frame. The entire design is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the abbreviated Latin legend distributed around the periphery between the inner and outer borders. The overall style reflects the transitional nature of Leonese-Castilian minting during the reign of the first reigning queen of the peninsula. |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross with expanded terminals occupies the central field, set within a beaded inner circle. Small annulets or pellets are positioned in two of the quadrants formed by the arms of the cross, consistent with the Toledan coinage tradition of this period. The abbreviated Latin legend naming the mint city Toledo is distributed around the periphery between the inner beaded circle and the outer border. The design is executed in the characteristic hammered style of early medieval Iberian dineros, with the cross serving as the primary religious and heraldic symbol of the Christian reconquest. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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