Banovac

Banovac,banski denarorbanicais the name of a coin struck and used inCroatiabetween 1235 and 1384. The Latin namedenarius banaliswas derived from the wordsbananddenarius.The wordbanis a title of nobility used in Croatia, and roughly translates as "viceroy", whereasdenariusis Latin for coins minted by theRoman Empire.

Banovac included the image of amarten(Croatian:kuna) - due to the fact that marten pelts were highly valued goods used as a form of payment inSlavonia,theCroatian Littoral,andDalmatia.This was one of the reasons for naming the former currency of theRepublic of Croatiathekuna(used 1994–2023). The coins were first minted inPakrac,and from 1260 inZagreb.

The legends are:

• MONETA REGIS P SCLAVONIA (common)
• MONETA B REGIS P SCLAVONIA (moneta Belae regis pro sclavonia, scarce)
• MONETA DVCIS P SCLAVONIA (scarce)
• MONETA REGIS P VNGARIA (rare)

Initials on the Árpád Dynasty coins are:

• KingBela IV(1235–1270):
  • o - o,
  • lily - lily,
  • bird - bird,
  • h - R (BanHenricus Nemetujvari,1267–1270)
• KingStephen V(1270–1272)
  • S - R (Stephanus Rex),
  • R - S (Rex Stephanus)
• KingLadislaus IV(1272–1290)
  • R - L (Rex Ladislaus),
  • L - R (Ladislaus Rex),
  • S - L (BanStephanus Babonich- Rex Ladislaus, 1280-1282?),
  • R - R - L (BanRadoszlav- Rex Ladislaus, 1286–1288)
• KingAndrew III(1290–1301)
  • R - A (Rex Andreas),
  • A - R (Andreas Rex),
  • S - A (Ban Stephanus Babonich - Rex Andreas, 1300–1301),
  • R - bird (Rex Andreas - Ban Stephanus Babonich, 1300–1301),
  • A - bird (Rex Andreas - Ban Stephanus Babonich, 1300–1301)

See also

• marturina
• Dinar
• Croatian kuna

External links

• http://www.hr/croatia/economy/money/history
• https://web.archive.org/web/20061022035043/http://www.hnb.hr/novcan/povijest/h-nastavak-3.htm(in Croatian)