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1/4 Penning
| Issuer | Kingdom of Norway |
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| Year | 1170-1205 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross pattée occupies the central field, enclosed within a raised inner circle or ring border. Two small pellets are positioned in the lower two quadrants formed by the arms of the cross. The coin is struck as a thin bracteate on an irregularly shaped flan with a characteristic wavy edge typical of medieval Norwegian hammered coinage. The design is aniconic and geometric, reflecting the simplified ecclesiastical style prevalent in Scandinavian numismatic production of the late 12th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1170-1205) |
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Norway's coin output in the late twelfth century was among the thinnest and most irregular in northern Europe — these bracteate-influenced fractions were struck at a handful of episcopal and royal mints whose output varied wildly in weight and fabric. At 0.03 g, this piece sits at the absolute lower boundary of what hand-hammering could consistently produce in silver, and many examples from this series show off-center or incomplete strikes as a direct consequence.
The Skaare 143 attribution places this within the reign of Sverre Sigurdsson or his immediate predecessors, a period of near-continuous civil war between the Birkebeiner and Bagler factions that severely disrupted mint operations across the kingdom.