Dinar - Stefan Dragutin

Stefan Dragutin ruled as King of Serbia from 1276 until he was forced to abdicate in favor of his younger brother Milutin in 1282, following a hunting accident that left him partially lame — an injury his court interpreted as divine punishment for rebelling against his father Uroš I. His coinage reflects the brief, turbulent window of that reign. The Serbian dinar at this period was deeply influenced by Venetian grosso prototypes, a deliberate policy mirroring the commercial ambitions of the Nemanjić dynasty as silver from the Brskovo mines flooded regional trade routes.