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1 Lübische - Henry II Wrangel
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1400-1410 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Small, irregular hammered silver flan bearing a circular legend in uncial Latin characters reading DARPATE (abbreviation for Darpatensis, referring to Dorpat). A central device, likely a cross or floral symbol, occupies the inner field within the legend circle. The design is characteristic of late medieval Baltic ecclesiastical coinage, with somewhat crude, irregular lettering arranged around the central motif. The coin exhibits weak strike areas consistent with hand-hammered production on an uneven flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat — present-day Tartu in Estonia — operated as an ecclesiastical principality under the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order's political orbit, and its small silver issues of the early fifteenth century reflect the chronic shortage of coinage across the eastern Baltic. Henry II Wrangel held the bishopric from 1400 to 1410, a tenure marked by ongoing friction between Dorpat's merchant class and the competing monetary authority of the Livonian Order itself. The lübische denomination takes its name from Lübeck, whose monetary standards dominated Hanseatic trade across the region.