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1 Ducat - Radu I Type Ia
| Issuer | Wallachia |
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| Year | 1377-1383 |
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| Currency | Ducat (1364-1714) |
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| Obverse description | A large Greek cross with flared terminals occupies the center of the field, with a small cross or pellet ornament placed in each of the four quadrants formed by the arms of the cross. The design is enclosed within a circular border. A Cyrillic legend surrounds the central motif along the periphery, reading in medieval Slavonic script. |
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| Obverse lettering | ІѠРАДОVλОСВОЄВѠАС (Translation: Me, voivode Radu) |
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Radu I ruled Wallachia in the shadow of his more celebrated brother Vladislav I, yet his coinage represents the principality's earliest attempts at a coherent monetary identity independent of Hungarian ducal influence. The "Ducat" designation here is a misnomer inherited from later cataloguers — this is a silver banic issue, not a gold piece, struck at a weight that aligned with regional Balkan denominations rather than Venetian or Hungarian standards.
MBR#40 is among the rarest attributed Wallachian medieval types. Fewer than a handful of confirmed specimens are known from controlled excavations.