Banovac

Banovac (plural Banovci ) is the name for a silver coin that was minted from the mid-13th century to the end of the 14th century in the Banat Slavonia of the Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom. The name Banovac ( Latinized Denarius Banalis ) is derived from the name Ban of Hungarian princes. Main mint was from 1255 the city Pakrac in present-day eastern Croatia, in 1260 the mintmark was moved to Zagreb. Therefore, sometimes the name Denarius Zagrabiensis. The inner part has on one side a marten (also heraldic animal of the city Pakrac ), and on the other hand, the Hungarian cross. The coin measures approximately 15 mm in diameter and its fine silver content is about 0.66 g following transcriptions of the coin are known:

• MONETA REGIS P Sclavonia (common)
• MONETA B REGIS P Sclavonia ( Moneta Belae Regis per Sclavonia, very rare)
• MONETA DVCIS P Sclavonia (very rare)
• MONETA REGIS P VNGARIA (rare)

The coin remained over a long period of stable value, good convertible and had also regionally a good reputation. She appeared as a model of time still for centuries. Thus, in the time of the first independent State of Croatia (1941-1945) denotes the fractional currency than Banica, the Croatian Kuna ( marten ) refers to the motif of this coin. In Romania, the term was Ban (plural Bani ) a synonym for money and with Ban is also called the local fractional currency.

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