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1 Schilling - Jodokus von der Recke One shield with flat top
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1546-1551 |
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| Value | 1 Schilling |
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| Obverse description | Central shield with flat top, rounded base, and curved sides, bearing the episcopal arms of Jodokus von der Recke. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a Latin legend running along the coin's periphery. The overall design is characteristic of late medieval Baltic ecclesiastical coinage, struck with irregular planchet shaping typical of hand-hammered production. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat — present-day Tartu in Estonia — was one of the Livonian church states caught in the grinding collapse of the Livonian Confederation during the 1540s. Jodokus von der Recke served as bishop from 1543 until Dorpat's capitulation to Ivan the Terrible's forces in 1558, and his coinage reflects a diocese under sustained political and military pressure. The billon fineness here is notably low even by regional standards of the period, suggesting a treasury stretched by the costs of maintaining some defensive posture against Muscovite encroachment.
Haljak distinguishes this type from related Dorpat schillings by the flat-topped shield, a subtle but consistent die characteristic that separates it from the rounded variant catalogued nearby.