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Dinar 'Helmet Type' - Stefan Uroš IV Dušan
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1346-1355 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | IC-XC R | Θ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Dušan struck these dinars following his self-coronation as "Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks" at Skopje in April 1346, an act that required him to elevate the Serbian archbishop to patriarch simultaneously — both moves calculated to legitimize a title that Byzantium refused to recognize until his death. The coinage reflects a ruler actively constructing imperial authority from scratch, minting in the established Venetian grosso tradition while asserting something entirely new politically.
Jovanović 11.12 places this among the more precisely attributable varieties of the helmet series.