 In the coat of arms (either seal or blazon), the aurochs was initially a crest over a helmet and "party per pale" escutcheon, charged with either "fleur-de-lis" dexter and "bars" sinister (interpreted as being alternating "vert" and "or") or the "Patriarchal cross" dexter (closely resembling the "Cross of Lorraine" in usual renditions) and "fleur-de-lis" sinister.In time reduced to the simple depiction of an aurochs head on escutcheon, it was featured alongside the arms of Wallachia and Transylvania on Michael the Brave's seal, as well as only alongside Wallachia's on various symbols favored by rulers such as Radu Mihnea and several Phanariotes (in the latter case, it was more often than not accompanied by the double-headed eagle of Byzantine tradition).The prevalent "gules" (or red) and "or" (yellow) display was replaced, towards the beginning of the 19th century, by variations on a red-blue theme.