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Denier Bracteate - Anonymous Sword right, key left and down
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1248-1346 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate type struck on a thin, irregularly-shaped flan. The central device depicts a sword and a key crossed diagonally, the sword oriented toward the upper right and the key directed toward the lower left, their shafts intersecting at the center of the field. The key bow is rendered in a schematic, rectilinear style, while the sword pommel and hilt are discernible at the lower left. The entire composition is enclosed by a raised beaded border running along the coin's periphery, consistent with the anonymous episcopal issues of the Bishopric of Dorpat. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat — established in 1224 after the Livonian Crusade brought the region under Germanic ecclesiastical control — issued bracteates as part of a monetary system shared uneasily with the Livonian Order and the city of Riga. These thin single-sided coins were punched from sheet silver so fine that mishandling crumples them; the nearly century-long date range of this type reflects how slowly coinage types turned over in peripheral Baltic dioceses rather than any continuous minting program. Haljak's attribution remains the standard reference for Livonian ecclesiastical issues, though die studies on Dorpat bracteates are still incomplete.