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Dinar - Stefan Uroš IV Dušan with Helen right, Christ seated
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1346-1355 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Two crowned imperial figures stand facing, Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan on the left and Empress Jelena on the right, each grasping a long staff or standard surmounted by a cross set between them. The composition is rendered in the Byzantine hierarchical style characteristic of medieval Serbian coinage. A divided Cyrillic legend appears in the fields to either side of the figures, identifying the emperor by title. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic (medieval) |
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Stefan Dušan struck coinage in his own name from the early 1330s, but the joint issues depicting him alongside his wife Helen reflect a deliberate political statement made after his coronation as Emperor of Serbs and Greeks at Skopje in April 1346 — a ceremony for which he elevated the Serbian archbishopric to a patriarchate specifically to provide the ecclesiastical authority the crowning required. The pairing of imperial couple with enthroned Christ drew consciously on Byzantine numismatic convention, positioning Dušan as legitimate successor to Constantinople rather than merely a regional king who had expanded his borders.
Dušan's law code, the Zakonik, was promulgated in 1349, mid-series.