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Dinar - Stefan Radoslav
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1228-1233 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Central scene depicting the standing figure of King Stefan Radoslav in full imperial Byzantine attire, facing, receiving a divine blessing from Christ or being crowned by Christ, who stands to the right holding the Holy Gospel in his left hand. The king holds a globus cruciger in his left hand, signifying sovereign authority. The composition is rendered in a Byzantine hieratic style typical of medieval Serbian coinage, with both figures occupying the central field. The surrounding Greek legend identifies the king and invokes Christ Pantokrator. |
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| Obverse lettering | CTEΦΑΝΟC ΡΗΖ Ο ΔΟΥΚΑΣ IC XC ΟΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ (Translation: Stefan King Doukas, Jesus Christ Almighty) |
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Stefan Radoslav ruled Serbia for roughly five years before being deposed by his own nobility and replaced by his brother Stefan Vladislav — a dynastic instability that makes his coinage among the shortest-lived of the Nemanjić series. His issues reflect strong Byzantine cultural influence, a consequence of his marriage to Anna Doukaina, daughter of the Epirote despot Theodore Komnenos Doukas, which briefly pulled the Serbian court firmly into the Greek ecclesiastical and artistic orbit.