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1 Ducat - Vladislav I Type I
| Issuer | Wallachia |
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| Year | 1364-1377 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a shield divided per pale: the dexter half bearing two horizontal bars (tenné) on argent, and the sinister half charged with a crescent. A Greek cross is positioned above the shield. The Cyrillic legend encircles the design, reading the ruler's titles and name. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Vladislav I — known also as Vlaicu Vodă — issued this ducat during a reign defined by careful navigation between Hungarian suzerainty and the growing pressure of Ottoman expansion to the south. The decision to strike silver in a denomination styled after the Venetian ducat reflects Wallachia's deep integration into the Danube trade corridor, where Hungarian and Italian commercial influence set the terms of exchange. Calling it a "ducat" in silver rather than gold was not confusion — it was a deliberate alignment with regional monetary vocabulary.
MBR#2 designates this as the first type in the series, distinguished from later issues by specific die characteristics documented by Monede și Bancnote Românești.