1 Ducat - Vladislav II Type II

Vladislav II ruled Wallachia twice, interrupted by Vlad III — better known as Vlad the Impaler — who briefly seized the throne in 1448. This ducat type dates to his second reign and circulated during one of the most violently contested successions in Wallachian history, with Hungarian, Ottoman, and local boyar factions each backing rival claimants. The designation "ducat" here is nominal; the silver content places it firmly outside any gold ducat tradition and reflects instead a local accounting convention borrowed from neighboring coinage systems.