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1 Ducat - Vladislav I Type I

Issuer Wallachia
Year 1364-1377
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse lettering ☩ Іധ ВΛaДІСΛaБЪ BОЄВധД ∴
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Reverse lettering ☩ Іധ ВΛa ДІСΛaВ
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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.

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