TYPE Medieval Serbia, King Stefan Uros II Milutin (1282-1321), silver "banner" dinar DESCRIPTION . Obv: King (bare-headed) receiving banner from St. Stephen (nimbate), Latin legend VROSIVS REX S STEFAN Rev: Christ enthroned, holding Book of Gospels, IC-XC, flanked by lillies REFERENCE: Jov 7-2 GRADING: AVF / VF, slight surface problems, toned ORDER INFO: S1190, $50 While veritable spirituality reflected in copious church-building eventually landed Milutin among cononized Orthodox Christian saints, this classic early "banner" dinar modelled after the Venetinan grosso (an imitation, but certainly - given original legends - not a forgery thereof) earned him another immortal spot, as the mischievous "Rascian king" in the Paradise of Dante's Divine Comedy.