1 Ban - Vladislav I Type Ia

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.