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Tornês - Dinis I
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1279-1325 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ADIVTORIVN NOSTRVM IN NOMINE DOMIN QVI FECITCELVM ET TERRAM |
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| Reverse lettering | DIONISII REGIS PORTVGALIE ET ALGARBI |
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Dinis I, who reigned for 46 years and cultivated Portugal's first golden age of letters, reorganized royal finances substantially after inheriting a treasury depleted by his father Afonso III's wars and ecclesiastical disputes. The tornês was a direct adaptation of the French denier tournois — itself named for Saint-Martin de Tours — introduced into the Iberian monetary system as Portuguese trade with northern Europe demanded a recognized, trusted silver denomination.
Dinis's issues are notable for their relatively consistent fineness at a time when neighboring Castile was debasing aggressively.