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Meaja - Alfonso X Coruna
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1281 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a passant lion to the right, with raised foreleg and curling tail, set within a linear square border. The lion is rendered in a bold, heraldic style typical of medieval Iberian hammered coinage. Crescent-shaped ornaments flank the central square in the field. The surrounding circular legend reads LEGIONIS, referencing the Kingdom of León. |
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Alfonso X's monetary reforms of the 1270s and 1280s were chronically unstable — repeated devaluations of the billon coinage triggered noble rebellions and contributed directly to the revolt of his own son, the future Sancho IV. The meaja was the smallest fractional unit in this debased system, worth half a dinero, and issues from the Coruña mint date to the final, politically turbulent years of Alfonso's reign.
Álvarez Burgos 282 is among the scarcer mint attributions for this type.