The Dejanović domain occupied a precarious stretch of Macedonia between the Serbian Empire's collapse and Ottoman consolidation of the Balkans. Konstantin and Jovan Dejanović ruled as semi-autonomous lords under increasing Ottoman suzerainty after the Battle of Maritsa in 1371 — the very event that brackets the opening of this coin's minting period. The matapan type itself derives from the Venetian grosso tradition, widely imitated across the medieval Balkans as trade demanded recognizable silver of consistent weight.
Jovan Dejanović died fighting for the Ottomans at the Battle of Rovine in 1395, effectively ending the domain and closing this issue's production window.
The Dejanović domain occupied a precarious stretch of Macedonia between the Serbian Empire's collapse and Ottoman consolidation of the Balkans. Konstantin and Jovan Dejanović ruled as semi-autonomous lords under increasing Ottoman suzerainty after the Battle of Maritsa in 1371 — the very event that brackets the opening of this coin's minting period. The matapan type itself derives from the Venetian grosso tradition, widely imitated across the medieval Balkans as trade demanded recognizable silver of consistent weight.
Jovan Dejanović died fighting for the Ottomans at the Battle of Rovine in 1395, effectively ending the domain and closing this issue's production window.