Ducat coin Mircea the Elder, type 2, 1368-1418, silver

4. Ducat coin Mircea the Elder, type 2, 1368-1418, silver

Selling price

EUR 900

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Session

Thu, 22 December 2022 19:00

Coined by Mircea the Elder, the most important and the most glorious ruler of Wallachia. He reigned between 1386 and 1418. On the obverse side, this version features the crowned monarch, facing frontally, holding a sceptre in his right hand, and the globus cruciger in his left hand. He is wearing a long coat, which is tight around the waist, and, on the reverse side, the split shield is inclined towards right. On the left corner of the shield, there is a helmet open towards the right side, and, above it, there is an eagle with its head turned towards left and its wings closed. As a typology, this coin is known by Romanian Numismatics under the name of Wallachian Ducat, corresponding to the systems of Ducats coined in Venice in 1202. Regarding the engravery itself (obverse - reverse), the coin corresponds to the common Wallachian Ducat typology, encountered in all the emissions under Wallachian monarchs, starting from Vlaicu I (1364 - 1377) to Basarab (the Elder) Laiotă (1473 - 1477, with several interruptions) The captions on the Mircea the Elder coins were written either in Cyrillic characters, either in latin ones. This one uses Cyrillic characters.

Dimensions

custom 13 x 14 mm

Description

silver

PROVENANCE

It originates from an auction house based in Sweden. The preliminary origin (March 2010) is the sale of the medieval Romanian coins collection belonging to a German numismatist, Berlin.

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