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1/4 Penning - Håkon Håkonsson Minority reign
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1217-1220 |
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| Value | 1/4 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Youthful royal effigy facing forward, depicted in bust form within a solid inner ring. A circular legend runs in the annular field between the inner ring and a second solid ring at the rim, characteristic of Norwegian hammered coinage of the early 13th century. The portrait reflects the minority reign iconography associated with the young King Håkon Håkonsson. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Håkon Håkonsson came to the throne as a child in 1217 following the death of Inge Bårdsson, his claim disputed almost immediately by Earl Skule Bårdsson, who served as regent and controlled the actual machinery of governance. These fractional issues belong to that contested minority period, before Håkon consolidated power — a reign that would eventually last over five decades but began with genuine uncertainty about whether the boy-king would survive politically at all. Skaare 160 is among the smallest denominations struck in medieval Norway.