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1 Schilling - Johannes II Bertkow
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1473-1485 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the heraldic device of the Bishopric of Dorpat: a crossed sword and key, the traditional symbols of Saints Peter and Paul, surmounted by antlers, all within a beaded inner circle. The mint legend of Dorpat is distributed around the periphery in Gothic uncial lettering, with the legend commencing either at 9 o'clock or at the top depending on the die variety. |
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| Mintage | ND (1473-1485) - Reverse legend starts at 9:00 - ND (1473-1485) - Reverse legend starts at the top - |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat — present-day Tartu in Estonia — operated as a semi-independent ecclesiastical state within the Livonian Confederation, a loose arrangement of five territories that spent much of the fifteenth century quarreling over jurisdiction, trade rights, and military obligations to the Teutonic Order. Johannes II Bertkow held the see from 1473 to 1485, a tenure marked by persistent friction with both the city of Dorpat and the Order itself. Billon coinage of this quality and weight was the workhorse currency of Baltic regional trade, circulating alongside issues from Riga and Reval in a monetary environment with no single dominant authority.