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Dinar Stefan Uroš V double cross
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1355-1371 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two crowned imperial figures, identified as Emperor Uroš V and Empress Ana, shown standing facing, each holding a scepter in the outer hand while jointly supporting a patriarchal (double-barred) cross between them. The royal pair are rendered in a hieratic Byzantine style typical of medieval Serbian coinage, with full-length robes and elaborate crowns. A Latin legend surrounds the field. |
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| Reverse description | Christ Pantocrator depicted standing facing in full length, clothed in imperial Byzantine vestments, holding an open Book of Gospels in His left hand, the cover ornamented with four gems or bosses. Two stars appear symmetrically in the upper field to either side of the figure. A Greek Christogram legend is present in the field. |
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Stefan Uroš V inherited the Serbian Empire at its apex but proved wholly unable to hold it together. Following the death of Stefan Dušan in 1355, the powerful regional lords — Vukašin, Uglješa, and others — functioned as de facto independent rulers while nominally acknowledging Uroš as emperor. The coinage continued, but authority behind it was fragmenting in real time.
The series ended abruptly when Uroš died in 1371 without an heir, weeks after the catastrophic Ottoman victory at the Maritsa River destroyed what remained of Serbian imperial power in the south.