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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zantetsuken, post: 741029, member: 21665&quot;]Serving as the last official ruler of the Serbian Empire, Knez/Prince: Lazar Hrebeljanović, aquired his title from Stefan Uros V, and took power in 1371 in northern Serbia. While Lazar was a pledged vassal to Uros, he refused to serve in the &#039;Battle of Marica&#039; where large portion of the Serbian imperial army was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks. As a result, Lazar was the most powerful noble not under Ottoman influence. Lazar thwarted the first attack from the Turks and had a brief pause in hostilities. However in 1389, Lazar&#039;s forces faced off with the Turks at the &#039;Battle of Kosovo&#039; also known as the &#039;Field of the Black Birds&#039; where he was defeated and executed along with most of his political hierarchy, thus bringing an official end to Serbia&#039;s short lived empire.</p><p>The coin posted is a silver dinar with 5 lines in Cyrillic legend: &#039;ВБХА/БАБЛГО/ВЪРNHИ/КНЕЗЬЛ/АЗАРЬ = IN CHRIST OUR GOD PIOUS PRINCE LAZAR&#039; on the obverse side. The reverse shows Christ enthroned with initials in Roman legend: IC/XC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww65/samuraisedge/SerbianEmpireARDinar1371-1389AD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>SERBIAN EMPIRE~AR Dinar 1371-1389 AD</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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