O NOVČARSTVU KRALjA MILUTINA

Serbian medieval coinage has a great number of species and variants, with interesting and imaginative representations. The first Serbian medieval coins ap- peared during the reign of King Radoslav (1228-1234), and were coined by dif- ferent kings, nobles and towns during around 230 years, until the last ones, dur- ing the reign of Lazar Djurdjević (1456-1458). King Milutin's monetary emis- sions were numerous during his long and successfull reign from 1282 to 1321. Concerning his coinage there are some uncertainties in attribution of some coins. Additionally, exist different divisions of his coinage in species. Sergije Dimi- trijević (2001) divides King Milutin's coinage in 13 species and 47 subspecies, describing 104 coins in his Catalogue. Vujadin Ivanišević (2001) enumerates ten basic species and Miroslav Jovanović (2001) divides Milutin's coinage in 17 species. Additionally, uncertain is and the coinage of Milutin's father King Uroš I. Dimitrijević (2001) attributes to him three species and describe 74 coins while Ivanišević (2001) all these coins attributes to Milutin and includes in the men- tioned ten species. On the other hand, Jovanović (2001) include these three spe- cies in the coinage of King Dragutin. There is not even a single opinion what is obverse and what reverse of the coin. Dimitrijević (2001) and Jovanović (2001) adopt traditional view that obverse is the side where is represented the king who issued the coin while Ivanišević (2001), following the Byzantine tradition, takes the side where the Jesus Christ is presented like obverse. In this contribution, we present rich and diversiform coinage of King Milutin. Special attention will be paid on a dinar of King Milutin, with the sitting ruler. In the right hand he has a straight sword, and in his left a banner. On the back is the queen sitting on the throne and holding a lilium (Dimitrijević, 1976, 2005). Dimitrijević (2006) thought that this is the most beautifull coin of King