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1 Pfennig - Bartholomäus Savijerwe
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1441-1459 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A crossed sword and episcopal key arranged saltire-wise at the center of the field, representing the arms of the Bishopric of Dorpat, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The sword and key are depicted in a crude but characteristically bold hammered style consistent with mid-fifteenth century Livonian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. An abbreviated uncial Latin legend surrounds the central devices within the beaded border. |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat occupied an uneasy position throughout the mid-fifteenth century, caught between the Livonian Order to its south and the growing pressure of Novgorodian trade politics to the east. Bartholomäus Savijerwe served as Bishop from 1441 to 1459, and the small billon issues struck under his authority circulated within a regional economy still heavily dependent on the Hanseatic network running through Reval and Riga.
Haljak's cataloguing of this type draws on a notably thin survival rate — these fractional pfennigs were struck light and spent hard.