1 Ducat - Vladislav I Type IIIb2

Vladislav I — known as Vlaicu Vodă — consolidated Wallachian monetary policy in the 1360s by issuing ducats in deliberate imitation of Venetian and Hungarian gold coinage, but struck in silver, reflecting both the principality's limited access to Balvian gold sources and its need for a credible transactional currency along the Danube trade routes. The Type IIIb2 classification within the MBR sequence distinguishes a specific die combination within what was already a fragmented and workshop-variable production run.

At 0.72 g, these pieces circulated alongside heavier Hungarian issues at a discount, functioning as small-change equivalents in a monetized economy that was still consolidating after decades of Tatar pressure and Hungarian suzerainty disputes.