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1/2 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1105-1130 |
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| Reference(s) | Skaare#86 |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large cross, above which is superimposed a square frame. Each of the four quarter sections defined by the square contains three pellets arranged in a triangular grouping, a characteristic decorative motif of Norwegian bracteate coinage of the early twelfth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1105-1130) |
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Struck under Sigurd I ("Jorsalfar"), Norway's crusading king, during a period when Scandinavian coinage was among the thinnest and most irregular produced anywhere in Europe. These bracteate-influenced pennies were cut or broken deliberately to make change — half-pennings were not always minted as such but sometimes literally halved in hand.
Skaare 86 places this type within the Oslo-area workshops, though attribution of twelfth-century Norwegian coins to specific mints remains contested given the near-total absence of documentary mint records from the period.