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Obol - Alfonso I Jaca
| Issuer | Pamplona and Aragon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1104-1134 |
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| Value | 1 Obol (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the king in a schematic, Romanesque style, with visible facial features including eyes and a bearded chin, wearing a draped garment with incised folds. The effigy is rendered in low relief typical of Aragonese hammered coinage of the early 12th century. The legend ARAGON runs around the periphery of the coin in Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ARAGON |
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Alfonso I "the Battler" ruled Pamplona and Aragon jointly following the death of his brother Pedro I, presiding over one of the most aggressive reconquest campaigns in Iberian history — he raided as far south as Granada and briefly held much of the Ebro valley. These fractional billon pieces were struck at Jaca, the old Aragonese capital that had functioned as the kingdom's primary mint since at least the reign of Sancho Ramírez. At under half a gram, losses in circulation and the fragility of the billon alloy mean survivors in any coherent state are genuinely scarce.