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1 Grosh - Tvrtko Kotromanić II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bosnia |
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| Year | 1421-1443 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a crowned lion rampant to the left, surmounted by a patriarchal cross above its head, with a six-pointed star flanking the figure to the left. A shield bearing a heraldic device is positioned at the base of the design. The entire central motif is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a circular Latin legend in uncial characters reading DN S TUARTCO REX, identifying the issuing ruler Tvrtko Kotromanić II as king. |
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| Mintage | ND (1421-1443) |
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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.