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1/4 Penning
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1260-1270 |
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| Shape | Square (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal effigy facing full front, rendered in low relief in the primitive Romanesque style characteristic of mid-13th-century Norwegian coinage. The crowned bust is enclosed within a circular inner ring, with the crown depicted schematically with radiating points and pellet ornaments. The facial features are rudimentary, with large globular eyes and a broad nose. Flanking elements suggestive of outstretched arms or regal attributes appear to either side of the bust within the field. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, incuse field typical of bracteate coinage, showing a faint mirror impression of the obverse design as a result of the single-die hammering technique used in the production of this thin silver piece. |
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Norway's fractional silver issues of the 1260s were produced under Håkon Håkonsson's successor Magnus Lagabøte, whose reign brought the first systematic codification of Norwegian law. The quarter penning sits at the extreme low end of the medieval Norwegian denomination structure, struck in silver so debased by this period that the distinction between billon and silver is largely academic.
Skaare 220 is among the more elusive of the mid-thirteenth century Norwegian types, with surviving examples almost entirely drawn from hoard finds rather than individual losses.