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1/4 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1170-1205 |
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| Value | 1/4 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold double-barred cross with splayed arms, executed in low relief characteristic of medieval Norwegian hammered coinage. A crescent or arc motif appears to the upper left of the cross, partially encircling it. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border of large raised pellets circumscribing the irregular flan. No legend is present; the design is purely symbolic in the Romanesque tradition of late 12th-century Scandinavian pennings. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a prominent double-barred cross with splayed arms filling the central field, rendered in raised relief with radiating linear elements between the arms suggesting a wheel or sun motif. The cross design closely mirrors the obverse, consistent with the bracteate or near-bracteate striking technique common to Norwegian quarter-pennings of this period. A partial beaded border is visible along the right margin of the irregular flan. The surfaces show the characteristic granular texture of a hand-struck medieval silver piece. |
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| Mintage | ND (1170-1205) |
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