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Denier Bracteate - Anonymous Sword right, key left and down, star left, square ring
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1248-1346 |
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| Diameter | 12 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck in thin silver. At center, a sword and an episcopal key are depicted crossed saltirewise, the sword pointing toward the upper right and the key downward to the lower right, its bow rendered as a square ring. A six-pointed star occupies the upper left field. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded border encircling the full perimeter of the flan, characteristic of the anonymous episcopal coinage of Dorpat. |
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| Mintage | ND (1248-1346) |
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Dorpat — modern Tartu, Estonia — was a Livonian bishopric caught perpetually between the Teutonic Knights, the Danes, and the trading ambitions of Novgorod. These anonymous bracteates circulated across nearly a century of contested frontier territory where ecclesiastical and military authority overlapped uncomfortably. The attribution to the bishopric rests on documentary and typological evidence rather than any explicit issuing legend.
At 0.12 g, these were among the thinnest silver issues produced anywhere in the Baltic region, struck on a single die by a single blow — the defining characteristic of bracteate production.