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1 Ban - Vladislav I Type Ia
| Issuer | Wallachia |
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| Year | 1364-1377 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross potent centered in the coin field, with each quarter adorned by a six-pointed star and scattered pellets or dots, all contained within a plain circular border. The cross arms terminate in pronounced clubbed or potent ends, rendered in the rough, hand-cut style typical of hammered medieval Wallachian bans. The overall design follows a Byzantine-influenced decorative tradition common to 14th-century Danubian principality coinage. The lettering on the reverse is noted as containing scribal or die-cutter errors. |
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Vladislav I (Vlaicu Vodă) issued this denomination during a reign defined by constant triangulation between Hungarian suzerainty and Ottoman pressure from the south. The type classification within MBR reflects die-study distinctions that matter considerably for attribution — Type Ia sits at the earliest stratum of his coinage program, before the design conventions settled into the more standardized later emissions.
Wallachian medieval coinage of this period borrowed heavily from contemporary Serbian and Bulgarian monetary models, a practical response to the absence of an established local minting tradition. Few examples survive in collectible condition; these circulated hard in a frontier economy.