Description
In the aftermath of 1389’s disastrous Battle of Kosovo Field, Sigismund of Luxembourg, the King of Hungary and Croatia, established his reputation. In 1408, he created a secret society devoted to repulsing the Turks: the Order of the Dragon. One of its members is the Prince of Wallachia, in Transylvania: Vlad II. When Vlad II joins the Order in 1431, he is given a new patrymic: DRACUL, the Romanian word for dragon. His son is named after him, and given a similar patrymic. Thus is Vlad III known as Son of the Dragon—or DRACULA.
-This silver denar was minted during the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg, founder of the Order of the Dragon. The Crusader cross on the reverse was a symbol often used by Order members. Vlad III Dracula never minted his own coins—which only enhanced the myth that silver is harmful to vampires.