Coin Information: Tantalus S/N 37060
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| Coin type: | Medieval |
| Entered by: | mrichter (Seller rating: 5.0 out of 5, based on 13 buyer responses) |
| Added on: | Feb 19, 2010 |
| Country: | Spain |
| State: | Castille and Leon |
| Ruler: | Ferdinand IV |
| Coin: | VG Billon Pepion +:ET :LEGIONIS - ornate lion left, right paw raised +F REX CASTELLE, - castle with three turrets, mint mark below. |
| Mint: | Burgos (1285 - 1312) |
| Wt./Size/Axis: | 0.67g / 20mm / 180 |
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| Acquisition/Sale: | melqart eBay |
| Notes: | Feb 19, 10 - Ferdinand IV, El Emplazado or "the Summoned," (December 6, 1285 – September 7, 1312) was a king of Castile (1295 - 1312) and León (1301-1312).
His strange title is given him in the chronicles on the strength of a story that he had two brothers of the name of Carvajal cruelly death tyrannically, and was given a time (plazo) by them in which to answer for his crime in the next world. But the tale is not contemporary, and is an obvious copy of the story told of Jacques de Molay, grand-master of the Temple, and Philippe Le Bel. As a king he proved ungrateful to his mother, and weak as a ruler. In 1302 he married Constance, daughter of King Denis of Portugal and had three children with her. He captured Gibraltar in 1309, with the help of Aragón. He died suddenly in his tent at Jaén when preparing for a raid into the Moorish territory of Granada, on September 7, 1312. |
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