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1/2 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1105-1130 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Crude frontal bust of a crowned king rendered in the primitive Romanesque style characteristic of early Norwegian coinage. The monarch wears a beaded crown with prominent globules across the diadem, and holds two sceptres or crosses extending diagonally outward from either side of the figure. The facial features are rendered in an archaic, stylised manner with boldly punched globular eyes and a wide mouth. The bust is shown with draped shoulders, filling the octagonal flan. No legend is present, the entire field being dominated by the royal effigy. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate issue, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the faint impressed outline of the crowned royal bust with sceptres as visible through the thin hammered silver flan. The surface is largely plain and unworked, consistent with standard bracteate production technique of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1105-1130) |
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