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½ Penning - Anonymous
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1103-1130 |
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| Currency | Penning (995-1387) |
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| Reverse description | A cross potent (crutch cross) superimposed over a saltire (St. Andrew's cross), forming an eight-armed cruciform design occupying the full field of the coin. The terminals of the cross potent bear pellet ornaments, and the angles of the combined crosses are likewise decorated with pellets or globules. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner ring, reflecting the Anglo-Saxon influenced die-cutting conventions prevalent in Scandinavian coinage of the early twelfth century. The flan is irregular with a scalloped edge. |
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| Mintage | ND (1103-1130) - 2 known |
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Produced during the reign of Sigurd I Jorsalfar — "the Crusader" — whose extended absence on the First Norwegian Crusade of 1107–1110 left the kingdom under uncertain governance and coinage in the hands of moneyers whose identities were deliberately suppressed. The anonymous attribution was not unusual for the period; Norwegian royal coinage of this era rarely carried unambiguous regal identifiers, and attribution to specific reigns often depends on hoard evidence and die-linkage studies rather than inscriptions.
Skaare 69 is among the lighter fractions of the medieval Norwegian series. Hoards from this period frequently show these pieces clipped or pierced.