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Dobla of 20 maravedis - Pedro I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
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| Year | 1350-1366 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a highly detailed Gothic castle with three towers, each surmounted by battlements, set within a quadrilobe or cusped architectural frame rendered in fine relief. The central tower is the tallest and most elaborate, flanked by two slightly shorter towers, all resting on a common base with an arched gate. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which runs the circular Latin legend in Gothic lettering. The overall style reflects the refined Gothic craftsmanship characteristic of mid-14th-century Castilian gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | + PETRVS : DEI : GRACIA : REX : CASTELE XX |
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Pedro I — called "the Cruel" by his enemies and "the Just" by his supporters — struck these doblas during a reign defined by civil war against his illegitimate half-brother Enrique de Trastámara. The conflict, which drew in English archers under the Black Prince on Pedro's side and French routiers under Du Guesclin on Enrique's, was as much a dynastic struggle as a proxy war between competing European powers. Pedro was murdered at Montiel in 1369, and the Trastámara dynasty that followed systematically suppressed his monetary legacy, making surviving gold issues from his reign scarcer than mintage circumstances alone would suggest.