1/4 Penning - Håkon Håkonsson

Håkon Håkonsson's reign saw Norway consolidate royal authority after decades of civil war between the Birkebeiner and Bagler factions, and coinage played a deliberate role in projecting that stability. The quarter penning — the smallest denomination struck under his authority — circulated during a period when Norwegian silver issues were already notoriously thin and of inconsistent fineness. Skaare 165 is among the more elusive types from this reign, with surviving examples almost exclusively found in hoard context rather than individual loss finds.