Stefan Dragutin double cross type

Dragutin ruled as king of Serbia from 1276 until a riding accident in 1282 left him partially incapacitated, at which point he abdicated in favor of his brother Milutin — an arrangement that would generate bitter dynastic conflict for decades. This coinage belongs entirely to that brief window. The double cross type reflects the influence of Latin monetary conventions filtering into the Serbian court through Dragutin's marriage to Catherine, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary, a connection that brought both political alignment and artistic models westward across the Danube.