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Dinar Lazar Hrebeljanović helmet with horns
| Issuer | Knez Lazar Hrebeljanović |
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| Year | 1371-1372 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a frontal enthroned figure of Christ Pantocrator, depicted in mandorla style with a nimbed cross behind the head, consistent with Byzantine iconographic conventions common on Serbian medieval coinage. The figure is shown seated, robed, and holding a book of the Gospels on the left knee while the right hand is raised in benediction. The Christogram IC XC appears in the fields flanking the figure, rendered in Greek characters. The design reflects the strong Byzantine artistic influence prevalent in the Serbian medieval state under the Nemanjić and successor dynasties. |
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| Mintage | ND (1371-1372) |
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Lazar struck this issue in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Maritsa (September 1371), when the death of his Nemanjić-aligned overlords left a power vacuum across Serbian lands. He was not yet a prince in the formal sense — that title came later — and these earliest dinars reflect a ruler still consolidating legitimacy through coinage rather than confirmed dynastic authority. The horned helmet type is specific to this transitional moment and was abandoned as his position solidified.