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Gold maravedi - Alfonso VIII
| Issuer | Castile, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1184-1213 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (Kufic), Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | أمير القتولقين الفونش بن شنجة ايده الله و نصره ضرب هذا لديناربمدينة طليطلة سنة اثنين و عشرين و مائتين و الف الصفر (Translation: The emir of the Catholics, Alfonso son of Sancho, may Allah help him and protect him This dinar was minted in Toledo, year 1222 of safar) |
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Alfonso VIII struck these gold maravedis in direct imitation of the Almoravid dinar, a deliberate monetary calculation: Christian merchants and Muslim traders throughout Iberia trusted the weight and fineness of North African gold coinage, and Alfonso needed that trust to fund his campaigns. The design mimicked Arabic script closely enough to circulate without friction across religious lines.
Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 — the decisive battle that broke Almohad power in the peninsula — was financed substantially through revenues tied to this coinage. Alfonso died the following year.