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A partir de 1128, o jovem infante portucalense, Afonso Henriques, iniciou a condução de um processo de afirmação política e militar que visava a elevação do seu condado à categoria de reino e, consequentemente, à sua independência face à tutela do Reino de Leão. Apesar de longo, o processo acabaria por se concretizar com o reconhecimento definitivo do Reino de Portugal por parte do papa Alexandre III, em 1179. Durante o meio século que durou este percurso, ora diplomático, ora beligerante, Afonso Henriques cunhou as primeiras moedas nacionais portuguesas, afirmando-se como rei de Portugal e, ao mesmo tempo, desenhando os primeiros esboços do universo heráldico dos emblemas nacionais. Todavia, as primeiras cunhagens de Afonso Henriques representam ainda uma variedade de símbolos, tanto pes-soais, como institucionais, que têm sido objeto de diferentes interpretações, nem sempre fáceis de descodificar. Propomos neste trabalho fazer uma interpretação iconológica de um dos espécimes mais difundidos do primeiro rei de Portugal: o chamado dinheiro de duplo báculo, contextualizando a adoção do emblema ancoriforme patente nestas moedas, com a tradição monetária merovíngia e a sua continuação no ducado de Borgonha, génese dinásti-ca da linhagem paterna de Afonso Henriques.
In 1128 the young Portuguese prince, Afonso Henriques, had begun a long process of political and military affirmation, in order to elevate his county to the category of an independent state, separated from the Kingdom of León. This process finally came to an end with the definitive recognition of the Kingdom of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, in 1179. During the half-century that lasted this process (must diplomatic, but also belligerent), Afonso Henriques struck the first Portuguese coins, claiming to be King of Portugal and, at the same time, testing the first sketches of the heraldic universe of Portuguese national coat of arms. However, Afonso Henriques’ earliest coinage still represents a variety of symbols, both personal and institutional, that have been the object of many different interpretations, not always easy to decode. We propose, in this paper, a different iconological interpretation of one of the most widespread coins of the first king of Portugal: the so-called double-crosier dinheiro, relating the adoption of the anchor-form heraldic emblem in these coins with the Merovingian monetary tradition and its continuation in the duchy of Burgundy, after all, home of the dynastic lineage of Afonso Henriques’ own father and all his paternal ancestors.
In 1128 the young Portuguese prince, Afonso Henriques, had begun a long process of political and military affirmation, in order to elevate his county to the category of an independent state, separated from the Kingdom of León. This process finally came to an end with the definitive recognition of the Kingdom of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, in 1179. During the half-century that lasted this process (must diplomatic, but also belligerent), Afonso Henriques struck the first Portuguese coins, claiming to be King of Portugal and, at the same time, testing the first sketches of the heraldic universe of Portuguese national coat of arms. However, Afonso Henriques’ earliest coinage still represents a variety of symbols, both personal and institutional, that have been the object of many different interpretations, not always easy to decode. We propose, in this paper, a different iconological interpretation of one of the most widespread coins of the first king of Portugal: the so-called double-crosier dinheiro, relating the adoption of the anchor-form heraldic emblem in these coins with the Merovingian monetary tradition and its continuation in the duchy of Burgundy, after all, home of the dynastic lineage of Afonso Henriques’ own father and all his paternal ancestors.
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Dinheiro de Afonso Henriques Duplo-báculo Cruz de São Clemente Santo Elói moedeiro Ducado de Borgonha Afonso Henriques’ dinheiros Early Portuguese coins Double-crosier Saint Clement Cross Saint Eligius moneyer duchy of Burgundy
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Pastor, B.M. (2018). O chamado dinheiro de duplo báculo de Dom Afonso Henriques: Uma referenciação ibérica do imaginário heráldico dos duques de Borgonha. Revista Numismática e Medalhística, 1, 21-44
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Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda/Museu Casa da Moeda