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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 7954296, member: 56653&quot;]Some Castilian war money:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378627[/ATTACH] </p><p>ALFONSO VIII &quot;el de las Navas/el Noble&quot; de IVREA (1158-1214)</p><p>AR18mm, 0.7g, dinero vellon &quot;bienpeinao&quot; minted by an itinerant war mint, ca. end of 1190-July 1212 (possibly 1211-July 1212).</p><p>ANFVS REX; Head to left</p><p>+ ● TOLLETA; Cross with stars in quarters 1 and 4.</p><p>A. Burgos (80) #21, Cayon (98) #920 (as Alfonso I &quot;El Batallador&quot;), A. Roma #194 (secundo estilo - secundo subgrupo); Mozo Moroy Imperatrix Tipo 32.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> The minting of this coinage was started to finance Alfonso&#039;s campaigns during the Reconquista, but the type was in use and was struck time and again (immobilized) until the middle of the 13th century. This specimen appears to be one of the itinerant war mint issues, minted before the battle of Las Navas (July 1212). They were minted in vast quantities and in declining billon quality and style and by 1207/17 the type starts being called &#039;pepion&#039;. A large quantity was minted just prior and soon after the campaign that lead to the battle of Alarcos (July 1195) and another vast minting process took place on campaign to Las Navas in 1211-12. </p><p><br /></p><p>Similar specimen on Imperatrix, <a href="https://wearenumismatics.com/numismatica/imperatrix/007-alfonso-viii-rey-de-castilla-entre-1158-y-1214/tipo-32-monedas-previas-y-posteriores-a-la-batalla-de-alarcos-con-leyenda-tolleta/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wearenumismatics.com/numismatica/imperatrix/007-alfonso-viii-rey-de-castilla-entre-1158-y-1214/tipo-32-monedas-previas-y-posteriores-a-la-batalla-de-alarcos-con-leyenda-tolleta/" rel="nofollow">here</a> (first coin on the left).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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