Shilling - Mihail Radu 5th series

Mihail Radu's tenure as Prince of Wallachia was fractured and contested — he ruled in multiple interrupted stints during the 1650s, navigating Ottoman pressure and rival claimants simultaneously. Small bronze issues of this type circulated in a principality that was, in practical terms, a tributary buffer state, its coinage policy dictated as much by Istanbul as by Târgoviște.

The fifth series designation in the MBR classification reflects the numismatic attempt to sequence issues across his discontinuous reigns — an editorial decision, not a mint distinction.