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1 Dinar - Radu I Type Ia
| Issuer | Wallachia |
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| Year | 1377-1383 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device consisting of a vertically divided heraldic shield: the dexter half charged with four horizontal bars, the sinister half plain. Stylized fleur-de-lis ornaments appear above and flanking the shield on both sides. The circular legend in uncial Latin characters runs along the coin's periphery, partially obscured by the irregular flan edge. The overall style is characteristic of 14th-century Wallachian hammered silver coinage, reflecting strong Hungarian heraldic influence. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONADA RADOWIWODA (Translation: Coin of voivode Radu.) |
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Radu I's dinars were minted in the decade following Wallachia's consolidation under his brother Vladislav I, whose own coinage this type closely echoes — a deliberate continuity signal from a ruler navigating vassalage pressures from both Hungary and the Ottoman sultanate simultaneously. The MBR 44–49 range distinguishes several die variants within this type, differences subtle enough that misattribution between subtypes was common in older Romanian numismatic literature.