56 - Ducat coin, Vladislav II, Wallachia, 1447–1456, silver, rare piece, Obverse legend: +IѠВЛАДИСЛАВОИBO[…]Ь Obverse description: Central divided shield, with an inward-facing crescent above a six-rayed star in the first quarter and five fasces in the second quarter. Reverse legend: +IѠВЛА - ДИСЛАВО Reverse description: Central eagle displayed with its head turned, depicted upon a helmet with mantling. The ducat of Vladislav II bears witness to the assertion of princely authority and the continuity of Wallachia’s monetary tradition in the first half of the 15th century. Struck during the reign of a member of the Dănești branch of the Basarab dynasty, it belongs to a period of profound political and economic change, marked by rivalry between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire for influence over the principality. The coin’s iconography preserves Wallachia’s traditional heraldic insignia: the divided shield, adorned with symbols such as the crescent, star and fasces, and the eagle perched upon a medieval helmet. The Cyrillic legends record the name and title of the voivode, reflecting the political and cultural traditions of the princely chancery. Around 1452, Vladislav II initiated a major monetary reform, reviving the minting of silver ducats and reorganising Wallachian coin issues. His coins illustrate efforts to strengthen the principality’s economic authority in an age dominated by the circulation of Hungarian and Ottoman coins. Far rarer than the foreign issues circulating in the region, 15th-century Wallachian coins hold an important place in Romania’s numismatic heritage. Vladislav II’s ducat is therefore a valuable historical and heraldic document, evoking one of the final stages of medieval Wallachian minting before the reign of Vlad the Impaler, d=15 mm, This lot is being classified by the Romanian Ministry of Heritage.