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1 Ducat - Dan II
| Issuer | Wallachia (Moldavia and Wallachia) |
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| Year | 1422-1431 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Voivode Dan II standing facing, crowned and bearded, holding a spear upright in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. The figure is rendered in a bold, naïve medieval style characteristic of Wallachian hammered coinage. A Cyrillic legend surrounds the figure within a beaded or rope border, reading in two sections on either side of the central effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | ІѠД АNВО (Translation: Me, voivode Dan.) |
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Dan II ruled Wallachia during one of the most violently contested periods of the principality's early history, cycling through the throne multiple times against rival claimants backed alternately by Ottoman and Hungarian interests. His issues are poorly documented in the mint record, and the MBR references for this type span two catalogue numbers, reflecting genuine uncertainty about die attribution rather than a tidy sequence.
At 0.25 g, these were among the smallest silver denominations circulating in the region — a weight class that left them vulnerable to clipping, which explains why so few survivors show complete flans.