ROMANIA-Wallachia Ducat 1418-1420 Mihail I. aXF (weakly struck)

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1418-1420, Wallachia, Mihail I. Silver Ducat Coin.

Mint Period: 1418-1420 AD
Denomination: Silver Ducat
Reference: MBR page 28/225, TRF1a0001 var.
Ruler (Great Voivod): Mihail I (1418-1420)
Condition: Crudely engraved and weakly struck as usual, otherwise about XF!
Material: Silver
Diameter: 15mm
Weight: 0.35gm


Obverse: The Voivode standing facing, holding spear and globus cruciger.
Legend in Slavonic: +[IW...]..BO


Reverse: The Wallachian crest (eagle standing left, head right, on helmet) set on the crest of the Bassaraba family.
Legend in Slavonic: +[IMR...]..BO




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".

The Wallachian rulers used the title Vojvod, which has the same meaning as the title duke.

One of the first written pieces of evidence of local voivodes is in connection with Litovoi (1272), who ruled over land each side of the Carpathians (including Fagaras in Transylvania), and refused to pay tribute to the Hungarian King Ladislaus IV. His successor was his brother Barbat (1285-1288). The continuing weakening of the Hungarian state by further Mongol invasions (1285-1319) and the fall of the Árpád dynasty opened the way for the unification of Wallachian polities, and to independence from Hungarian rule.

Michael I (Romanian: Mihail I), (? – August 1420) was Voivode of Wallachia from 1415 to 1420. He was the only legitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, who made him his co-ruler. Styled as prince from 1415, Michael became sole ruler after his father died in early 1418. His support for a joint campaign with the Hungarians and the resistance put up in 1419 to attacks by the Ottoman Empire caused the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I, to invade Wallachia in the spring/summer of 1420. The Ottomans defeated Michael in battle, and he was killed either on the battlefield or after being taken prisoner.

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