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Dinar - Stefan Uroš V Horseback, Helmet
| Issuer | Serbia (medieval) |
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| Year | 1355-1371 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Emperor Stefan Uroš V depicted on horseback, the horse advancing to the left, within a beaded border. The ruler is shown in full regalia, holding a cross-tipped scepter in his right hand, with the figure rendered in a stylized medieval manner typical of Serbian hammered coinage. The Cyrillic-derived letter Я appears beneath the horse. Abbreviated Latin legends flank the equestrian figure in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1355-1371) - Emperor on horseback facing left ND (1355-1371) - Emperor on horseback facing right |
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Stefan Uroš V inherited the vast Serbian Empire built by his father Dušan, who had died in 1355 leaving a realm stretching from the Danube to the Aegean. Uroš proved unable to hold it. Regional lords — Vukašin, Uglješa, Lazar — progressively stripped away territory throughout his reign, and by his death in 1371 the empire had effectively dissolved into competing principalities.
The Battle of Maritsa that same year, in which the Mrnjavčević brothers were destroyed by Ottoman forces, accelerated the collapse Uroš had already failed to prevent. He died without an heir weeks later, ending the Nemanjić dynasty after nearly two centuries.