Gold Maravedi of Alfonso VIII

An image of Coinage. Maravedi (morabitino). Alfonso VIII (1158-1214), ruler. Toledo mint. Iberian Peninsula; subseries, Kingdom of Castile. Production Note: Legends in Arabic. Gold, height 28 mm, width 27 mm, weight 3.76 g, die axis, 180, degrees, 1191 (Spanish era 1229 = A.D.1191). Alternative Numbers: catalogue; 29. AB; 153.6. Ordering; 318.

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Coinage. Maravedi (morabitino). Alfonso VIII (1158-1214), ruler. Toledo mint. Iberian Peninsula; subseries, Kingdom of Castile. Production Note: Legends in Arabic. Gold, height 28 mm, width 27 mm, weight 3.76 g, die axis, 180, degrees, 1191 (Spanish era 1229 = A.D.1191). Alternative Numbers: catalogue; 29. AB; 153.6. Ordering; 318.

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Accession Number: CM.PG.10721-2006
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 491 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 126.68kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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