TYPE Medieval Serbia, King Stefan Vladislav II (1321-4), silver dinar, Rudnik mint, 2.17g DESCRIPTION . Obv: King on low-back throne, holding cruciform scepter and sword across lap, Serbian legend +RAB HOU VLADISLAV ("Vladislav, servant of Christ") Rev: Christ enthroned, holding Book of Gospels, IC-XC REFERENCE: Jov 9-1.1 GRADING: VF, centers bit weaker, gray toning, rare ORDER INFO: S1430, $350 Nice specimen of this rare early ruler, on a Venetian grosso full-weight flan. Even though he was a pretender to the throne during the dynastic struggle of the early 1320s, his rare coinage (most of it in Cyrillic) probably dates back a decade or so earlier, following the latter-day pattern of his father Stefan Dragutin who had abdicated decades prior and was hence left with appanages in northern Serbia as well as money-minting rights (see our item S1301, above). However, while this right was generally understood at the time as a prerogative of sovereigns and these monetary issues displayed standard imperial regalia, they were accompanied with humble legends, in the cases of Vladislav and his father alike.