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Banovac, banski denar or banica is the name of a coin struck and used in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

between 1235 and 1384. The name is derived from two words Ban

Ban (title)

Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...

and Denarius

Denarius

In the Roman currency system, the denarius was a small silver coin first minted in 211 BC. It was the most common coin produced for circulation but was slowly debased until its replacement by the antoninianus...

. The word Ban

Ban (title)

is a title of nobility used in Croatia, and roughly translates as viceroy, whereas Denarius

Denarius

is Latin for coins minted by the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

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Banovac included the image of marten

Croatian kuna

The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

and was one of the reasons for naming the current currency of the Republic of Croatia

Croatia

the kuna

Croatian kuna

The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

. The coins were first minted in Pakrac

Pakrac

Pakrac is a town in western Slavonia, Croatia, population 4,852, total municipality population 8,482 . Pakrac is located on the road and railroad connecting the regions of Posavina and Podravina.-Name:...

, and from 1260 in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

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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 Arpad Dynasty coins are:

King Bela IV (1235–1270):
o - o,
lily - lily,
bird - bird,
h - R (Ban Henricus Nemetujvari, 1267–1270)

King Stephen V (1270–1272)
S - R (Stephanus Rex),
R - S (Rex Stephanus)

King Ladislaus IV (1272–1290)
R - L (Rex Ladislaus),
L - R (Ladislaus Rex),
S - L (Ban Stephanus Babonich - Rex Ladislaus, 1280-1282?),
R - R - L (Ban Radoszlav - Rex Ladislaus, 1286–1288)

King Andrew 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)

External links

http://www.hr/croatia/economy/money/history
http://www.hnb.hr/novcan/povijest/h-nastavak-3.htm

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