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1 Pfennig - Hermann II Wesel
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1552-1558 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Bipartite heraldic shield occupying the central field, divided into two sections, each bearing the arms of the Bishopric of Dorpat. The shield is rendered in low relief typical of hammered billon coinage of the period, with no surrounding legend. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with characteristic die-struck surface texture. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat — present-day Tartu in Estonia — was collapsing in slow motion during these years. Hermann II Wessel's episcopate coincided with the final dissolution of the Livonian Confederation under mounting pressure from Ivan IV's eastward campaigns, which would culminate in the Livonian War beginning in 1558, the very year this issue ends. Small billon pfennigs of this type were among the last coins struck under independent ecclesiastical authority in Dorpat before the bishopric surrendered to Muscovy in 1558 and ceased to exist as an issuing body entirely.