TYPE Medieval Serbia, King Stefan Uros II Milutin (1282-1321), silver "cross" dinar, 2.06g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: King facing crowned, receiving long patriarchal cross from St. Stephen, Latin legend VROSI REX S STEFAN
Rev: Christ enthroned, holding Book of Gospels, IC-XC, flanked by lillies
REFERENCE: Jov 7-9
GRADING: VF / EF, hairline crack, light porosity, toned, very scarce
ORDER INFO: S1325, $155
The classic early "denar di cruce" that shares the die-cutter (characteristic by lillies as sigla) with another early prized type, sometimes dubbed "robertino" (after similar issues of Charles Robert D' Anjou, although the present series may have been minted early in Milutin's reign and the type would have thus predated the accession of the Neapolitan ruler by several years.)