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1/4 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1205-1260 |
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| Value | 1/4 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal effigy in profile facing left, rendered in low relief with broad, stylized facial features characteristic of Norwegian medieval coinage. The bust is enclosed within a raised solid ring or inner circle that frames the design. The flan exhibits an irregular polygonal outline resulting from hand-cutting prior to striking. No legend is present; the design relies entirely on the royal portrait as the identifying device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Norwegian coinage of the thirteenth century was produced under conditions of extreme technical limitation — dies were hand-cut, flans irregularly prepared, and quality control essentially nonexistent. Skaare 184 falls within the long bracket attributed to the reigns of Håkon Håkonsson and his son Magnus Lagabøte, a period during which Norway's monetary system was fragmentary at best, with bracteate-influenced thin silver pieces circulating alongside heavier types.
The quarter penning denomination is among the smallest fractional issues in medieval Scandinavian numismatics, struck for small transactions at a time when silver by weight still competed with coined money.