TYPE Medieval Serbia, Despot Stefan Lazarevic (1402-27), silver reduced dinar, DESCRIPTION . Obv: Despot standing facing, holding scepter, Latin legend CONTE STEFAN Rev: Head of facing Christ, cross behind, Latin legend in outer band +IESYS CRISTVS REFERENCE: Jov. 41-7, J 162 GRADING: F+, typical uneven strike, light toning, very scarce ORDER INFO: S1490, $115 Rare type, associated with the late-19th c. Rudnik hoard of Despot Stefan's small coinage; with its publication (1988), there were a litle over 60 documented specimens. The Rudnik hoard, dated to shortly after the Battle of Angora (1402), was discovered in the late-19th c. and kept intact privately for almost another century before having been disclosed to the public in the mid 1980s. Its significance is that virtually all its 152 coins were of hitherto unpublished or extremely rare and misattributed types. More generally - a rare depiction of a facing head of Christ.