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1 Schilling - Johannes IV Duesborg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1513-1514 |
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| Currency | Schilling (1422-1558) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a crossed sword and key saltire-wise, the traditional heraldic emblems of the Bishopric of Dorpat, surmounted by a dot or pellet above the crossing point. The devices are enclosed within an inner circle, with a circular legend in Gothic uncial script running between the inner and outer borders of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bishopric of Dorpat occupied an increasingly precarious position in the early sixteenth century, squeezed between the Livonian Order, the Republic of Novgorod's successor states, and the expanding ambitions of Muscovy under Ivan III's heirs. Johannes IV Duesborg served as bishop from 1513 to 1515, a tenure so short that his coinage issues are among the scarcest of any Dorpat bishop. The billon content reflects the monetary degradation common across Livonian ecclesiastical mints in this period, as silver supplies tightened and trade imbalances with Muscovy worsened.