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⅓Dinar Stefan Lazarević
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1393-1402 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Jesus Christ rendered in a crude but expressive medieval style, depicted with long hair, a beard with striated detail, and a nimbus cross behind the head. The facial features — eyes, nose, and mouth — are boldly struck in low relief. The inscription INRI appears in the field, distributed around the bust in Latin lettering. The overall treatment reflects the Byzantine-influenced iconographic tradition common to medieval Serbian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1393-1402) |
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Stefan Lazarević inherited the Serbian despotate in 1389 following his father Lazar's death at Kosovo Polje, ruling initially as an Ottoman vassal before pivoting toward Hungary after the Battle of Ankara in 1402 — the year Timur's defeat of Bayezid I temporarily collapsed Ottoman suzerainty over the Balkans. The fractional dinar denominations issued during this precise window reflect the disrupted trade economy of a polity caught between two empires, with coinage adjusted repeatedly to meet tribute obligations and mercenary payments.
Serbian medieval silver from this reign is frequently found with die-axis irregularities, a product of small workshop production rather than centralized mint control.