| Abstrakt: |
In the paper by Sergije Dimitrijević, A New Series of New Types of Serbian Medieval Coins [Нова серија нових врста српског средњовековног новца], published in the journal Starinar [Старинар] in 1964–1965, we have come across a peculiar piece of information – that there used to be a sub-type of the follaro coin from the town of Ulcinj, which usually had a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ on the obverse, and a depiction of the city walls with a tree in the gate on the reverse. More precisely, in his work Dimitrijević mentions an Ulcinj-type follaro with a human figure with its arms and legs apart, standing in the city gate instead of the tree. We have made an attempt to find this never before published specimen of the Ulcinj follaro, and have come to the conclusion that the currency in question is not that of Ulcinj, but a follaro from the town of Drivast (modern-day Drisht), with a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ on the obverse and the city walls with a lily inside the gate on the reverse. The striking similarity in the manufacturing process of these two coins, in terms of both the depiction on the obverse and that on the reverse, points to a single pair of artisan hands behind the coin moulds for minting of both towns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
