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Dobla - Alfonso XI Sevilla, replica
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Type | Replica coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a triple-towered Gothic castle, rendered in high relief with battlements clearly defined, emblematic of the Kingdom of Castile. The castle is set within a beaded inner circle, with the mint mark 'S' (Sevilla) visible in the lower field beneath the castle. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading in Gothic script characteristic of 14th-century Castilian coinage. The overall design faithfully reproduces the heraldic style of the original Dobla of Alfonso XI. |
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Alfonso XI struck the original dobla during the mid-fourteenth century, a period when Castilian gold coinage was being deliberately shaped to compete with the prestige of Florentine and French issues circulating across Iberia. The Battle of Río Salado in 1340 — the first major defeat of a Marinid crossing into the peninsula — brought Alfonso significant tribute revenue, fueling exactly the kind of royal mint activity that produced pieces like this one.
The Seville mint was the dominant gold-striking facility in medieval Castile, its output tied closely to Andalusian trade networks and trans-Saharan gold flowing through North African intermediaries.