Dinar - Lazar Hrebeljanović double cross

Lazar Hrebeljanović struck these dinars during his rule as Prince of Serbia at a moment of acute Ottoman pressure on the Balkans. The year 1389 is the year of Kosovo Polje — the battle at which Lazar himself was captured and executed, and the Ottoman Sultan Murad I was also killed, making it one of the few medieval engagements to claim both commanders. Coins issued in Lazar's name from that year carry an almost documentary weight: production at the Serbian mints likely ceased abruptly with the defeat in June.