Stefan Uroš II Milutin ruled Serbia for nearly four decades, a reign that saw the kingdom expand aggressively into Byzantine Macedonia — territory that came largely through the 1299 peace settlement with Constantinople, sealed by his marriage to the five-year-old Byzantine princess Simonida. The dinars struck under his authority closely imitated Byzantine trachy and Venetian grosso prototypes, a deliberate monetary policy reflecting both his imperial ambitions and the trade networks his conquests opened.
Jovanović 1.1.1 places this among the earliest attributed issues of his reign.
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ruled Serbia for nearly four decades, a reign that saw the kingdom expand aggressively into Byzantine Macedonia — territory that came largely through the 1299 peace settlement with Constantinople, sealed by his marriage to the five-year-old Byzantine princess Simonida. The dinars struck under his authority closely imitated Byzantine trachy and Venetian grosso prototypes, a deliberate monetary policy reflecting both his imperial ambitions and the trade networks his conquests opened.
Jovanović 1.1.1 places this among the earliest attributed issues of his reign.