O srednjovjekovnom bosanskom diranu - Prilog biografiji bosanskog novca
About the Medieval Bosnian Dinar - A Contribution to the Biography of Bosnian Coins

Summary/Abstract: The name dinar comes from the Latin word denarius, used in the middle of the 3rd century BC by Romans to denote silver coins which replaced the previous copper coins, and which were worth ten times more (lat. deni = by ten). From the New Greek language it came to our lands through Byzantium in the form of dinar, only in these parts it was not used as a term for golden, but for silver coins. The first ruler who started minting coins in medieval Bosnia was Ban Stjepan II Kotromanić (1322-1353). Apart from domestic Bosnian coins, others were also in circulation. One of the most important issues among the Bosnian rulers and merchants from Venice and Ragusa was the amount of various currencies used in Bosnia. Even though medieval Bosnia was open for foreign coins, nevertheless Venetians and Ragusans tried to obstruct the minting of Bosnian coins in order to financially control the Bosnian market. Minting of medieval Bosnian coins continued from the times of Ban Stjepan II Kotromanić until the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in 1463.

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