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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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| Obverse description | Frontal crowned royal effigy depicted in high relief, the face rendered in a schematic Romanesque style with strongly stylised facial features including prominent brow, large eyes, and a downturned mouth. The triangular crown surmounting the head displays a central pellet ornament, flanked by elongated lappets descending on either side of the face. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner ring, characteristic of Norwegian bracteate coinage of the early twelfth century. No legend is present; the field is plain beyond the portrait. |
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| Mintage | ND (1103-1130) - Unique |
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Struck during the reign of Sigurd I Jorsalfar — the Crusader king who led a Norwegian fleet to the Holy Land between 1107 and 1110 — anonymous penning coinage of this period circulated without royal attribution by convention rather than accident. Norwegian minting in this era was decentralized across episcopal and royal mints, and the anonymity of fractional issues like this half penning reflected ecclesiastical involvement in coin production more than any deliberate policy of concealment.