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1/2 Penning
| Issuer | Kingdom of Norway |
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| Year | 1150-1170 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal bust facing right, rendered in a schematic medieval style characteristic of Norwegian hammered coinage of the mid-12th century. The effigy displays a prominent crown and flowing hair or drapery at the neck. The design occupies the central field of this thin bracteate flan, with the image showing through as a mirror impression on the reverse. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border running along the coin's periphery. No legend is present, consistent with small-denomination Norwegian pennings of this period. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate coin, the reverse presents a mirror-image incuse impression of the obverse type, showing the crowned royal bust in negative relief. The thin silver flan, characteristic of bracteate production, causes the obverse design to appear in a sunken, reversed form on this side. The surface is plain with no additional design elements or inscriptions. The beaded border of the obverse is visible in faint outline around the periphery. |
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| Mint | Nidaros (Trondheim) |
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