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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 5374387, member: 56653&quot;]Some war coinage from the Reconquista:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Alfonso VIII El de las Navas, King of Castile (1158-1214)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229514[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>AR18mm, 0.92g, dinero vellon &quot;bienpeinao&quot; minted at Toledo, cca. 1175-1195/8.</i></p><p><i>ANFVS REX; bare-headed bust left</i></p><p><i>+ TOLLETA o; Cross with stars in quarters 2 and 3.</i></p><p><i>A. Burgos (80) #21, Cayon (98) #920 (as Alfonso I &quot;El Batallador&quot;), A. Roma #194 (primer estilo degradado).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>- and Alfonso X el Sabio, King of Castile and Leon (1252-1284)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229516[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>AR19mm, 0.7g, dinero vellon de seis lineas/de la guerra, minted at an undetermined mint, cca. 1263.</i></p><p><i>+ ALF / ONSVS / REX CAS / TELLE E / T LEGIO / NIS </i></p><p><i>Castillian and Leonese arms in each quarter </i></p><p><i>A. Roma #199, A. Burgos #173, Cayon #1101.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>These are two of the most recognizable types of medieval currency from the Christian Spanish realms, being minted in vast quantities and in particularly different quality billon for particular purposes during the campaigns of Alfonso VIII in the 1170s (and immobilized throughout the Kingdom of Castile up to around 1300) and of Alfonso X of Castile and Leon for his First Granada War of 1262-1269.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both coins are conspicuously early in their respective series:</p><p><br /></p><p>- the <i>bienpeinao </i>on the account of the quality of the strike, alloy appearance (<i>moneta blanca</i>) and weight, seems to point to a dating before 1200, to the campaigns of ca. 1175 through 1195 (so way before the seminal victory of Las Navas in 1212)</p><p><br /></p><p>- and the <i>dinero de seis lineas</i> was minted in two categories: at a billon title of 14% silver the &quot;<i>dinero bueno</i>&quot; and at a 7% silver in the billon the &quot;<i>dinero malo</i>&quot; which appeared to have circulated together representing two different denominations (<i>dinero et pugesa</i>), on several occasions during the Granada War. This specimen seems to be of better quality billon and also of a higher quality workmanship.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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