Denier Bracteate - Anonymous Sword right, key left and down, moon left

The Bishopric of Dorpat — a crusader state carved out of Livonian territory following the Northern Crusades — issued bracteates as its primary small denomination throughout the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, operating largely independently of the Livonian Order despite sharing the same conquered geography. These thin, single-die struck pieces were never intended for long circulation; their fragility meant fresh stock was regularly reminted, which paradoxically left surviving examples in better condition than their robust contemporaries. Haljak II#463 sits in a contested attribution window, with some specialists placing the type closer to the 1280s based on die-link analysis with datable episcopal issues.