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1/2 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1105-1130 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this hammered half penning is uniface or bears only incuse impressions from the striking process, with no intentional design discernible. The surface shows the characteristic irregular texture and flow lines consistent with medieval Norwegian hammered coinage of the early twelfth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck under Sigurd I Jorsalfare — the first European king to lead a crusade in person — this issue falls within a period when Norwegian royal coinage was still deeply irregular in weight and fineness, reflecting a mint infrastructure inherited piecemeal from Anglo-Saxon and German influences. Sigurd's reign saw unprecedented Norwegian engagement with the wider Mediterranean world, including a celebrated naval campaign through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Holy Land between 1107 and 1110.
Skaare 85 is among the thinner, bracteate-adjacent issues of the period, struck on flans so small and light that attribution often depends on die linkage rather than any single visible feature.