Denier Bracteate - Anonymous Sword left, key right and down, star above

The Bishopric of Dorpat — established in 1224 after the Livonian Crusade brought the region under ecclesiastical control — issued bracteates as part of the broader Baltic thin-flan coinage tradition that dominated the eastern Baltic throughout the 13th and 14th centuries. At 0.13g, these are among the most fragile surviving medieval coins from the region; the single-sided striking technique that defines the bracteate form means the dies had to be cut in reverse, and surviving examples with sharp detail are genuinely uncommon.