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Dinheiro - Afonso II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Year | 1211-1223 |
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| Value | 1 Dinheiro |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the early Portuguese royal shield (escutcheon), displaying five small escutcheons arranged in a quincunx pattern, each charged with bezants, set within a decorative border. The shield is surmounted by a crown rendered in a primitive Romanesque style consistent with 13th-century hammered coinage. The surrounding legend reads REX AFOSO in Gothic Latin characters, partially visible around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The overall design is boldly struck but shows characteristic weakness and flan irregularity typical of early medieval Iberian billon coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | REX AFOSO |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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