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1 Grosh - Tvrtko Kotromanić II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bosnia |
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| Year | 1421-1443 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Central field presents a standing frontal figure of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, rendered in medieval ecclesiastical style, vested in episcopal robes and holding a long patriarchal staff or crozier in the left hand, with the right hand raised in a gesture of blessing. The nimbed saint occupies the full height of the inner field. A circular Latin legend in uncial characters surrounds the figure, reading S GREGORIUS NAZANENUS, invoking the patron saint of the coin. |
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Tvrtko II ruled Bosnia twice — deposed by Ottoman pressure in 1421, then restored in 1421 after Hungarian intervention, and again displaced and restored before his death in 1443. His coinage was struck against a backdrop of constant external threat, with the Ottoman frontier effectively determining the political survival of the kingdom itself. Bosnia would fall entirely within a decade of his death.
The grosh denomination followed the Ragusan and Serbian monetary conventions that dominated Adriatic trade silver at the time.