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Dinheiro - Dinis I
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1279-1325 |
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| Reference(s) | Gomes#Di 03 |
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| Reverse description | The Portuguese quinas device, composed of five escutcheons arranged in the form of a cross, each bearing five roundels representing the five wounds of Christ. A circumferential Latin legend surrounds the composition, commencing from the fourth quadrant in accordance with the coinage conventions of the Dionysian period. The die work is characteristic of late 13th to early 14th-century Portuguese billon coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | GA RB II AL |
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Dinis I reorganized Portuguese royal finances aggressively in the early decades of his reign, and the dinheiro was the workhorse denomination that absorbed the consequences — debased repeatedly as the crown extracted seigniorage to fund agrarian reforms, the founding of the University of Lisbon in 1290, and ongoing border disputes with Castile. The billon content of .083 fine reflects a deliberate policy rather than metallurgical accident.
Gomes Di 03 is among the more frequently encountered of the Dionisian issues, suggesting sustained output across multiple minting episodes between his accession and death in 1325.