ROMANIA-Wallachia Ducat 1446-1456 Vladislav II. fast EF. (Rf.)

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1448-1456, Wallachia, Vladislav II. Silver Ducat Coin.


Mint Period: 1446-1456 AD
Denomination: Silver Ducat
Ruler (Great Voivod): Vladislav II (1446-1456 AD)
Reference: TRK2a0005, MBR, page 31 (Type I), 256-261a.
Condition: Small old flan damage, otherwise a nicely toned XF+ for type!
Material: Silver
Diameter: 14mm
Weight: 0.58gm


Obverse: Mountain eagle perched on a helmet right, looking back.
Legend: +IW BЛЯДHC-ЛЯBOГД
Tranlation: "Me Vladislav Voivod."

Reverse: Halved shield with arms of the House of Drăculești.
Legend: +IW BЛЯДICЛЯBOГBODЯГNb
Translation: "Me Vladislav Voivod."



The House of Basarab was a ruling family that established the Principality of Wallachia, giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Mușatin rulers of Moldavia.

The House of Drăculești was one of two rival cadet branches of the ruling Basarab dynasty in the medieval Principality of Wallachia (in modern-day Romania).

The name "Wallachia" derives from the same Germanic base word as the Anglo-Saxon name for the Romano-Britons: "Wealas". Situated to the immediate south of the Carpathian Mountains, Wallachia is effectively "land of the foreigners." In this instance, the word arrived via the Goths who ventured down toward the Balkans. A local derivative, or evolution, of the word is the Slavic "Vlach".



Vladislav II (died 20 August 1456) was a voivode of the principality of Wallachia, from 1447 to 1448, and again from 1448 to 1456. The way Vladislav II came to the throne is debatable. The most accepted view is that Vladislav assassinated Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, and was subsequently placed on the throne by John Hunyadi, on the other, Vladislav II was helped by the Ottomans to replace Dan III which was assigned by the Hungarians.

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