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Maravedi - Enrique IV Medina del Campo
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1467-1471 |
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| Value | 1 Maravedi (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylized castle of Castile, shown with three towers surmounted by merlons, set above a horizontal baseline with an arched gateway visible at center. The castle motif is rendered in a bold, schematic style typical of late medieval Castilian billon coinage. A beaded inner circle surrounds the central field, with the partial legend ENRICVS DEI GRACIA running along the outer periphery. The mint mark appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the castle. The flan is irregular and shows typical characteristics of hammered production. |
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| Mintage | ND (1467-1471) |
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Enrique IV's billon maravedíes are among the most politically fraught coinages of medieval Castile. The king faced a rebellion of nobles who, in 1465, staged the "Farce of Ávila" — a theatrical deposition of an effigy of Enrique — and elevated his half-brother Alfonso as a rival king. The resulting civil war forced Enrique into a series of monetary concessions, including authorizing multiple mints, Medina del Campo among them, to strike debased billon coinage. The proliferation of authorized and unauthorized mints during this period produced enormous variation in die quality and alloy consistency across the type.