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1/2 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1150-1170 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate type struck on a thin, irregularly shaped flan. The central device depicts an archbishop's crosier rendered as a tightly wound spiral, the volute coiling inward to a central point, with the staff descending vertically at left. The entire motif is enclosed within a plain raised ring border. The design is executed in a bold, stylised manner characteristic of mid-twelfth-century Norwegian ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse type, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage struck on a single die from one side only, showing the reversed impression of the spiral crosier motif in relief. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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