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1/4 Penning - Håkon Håkonsson Minority reign
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1217-1220 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Obverse description | Crude, barbarised effigy or zoomorphic figure depicted facing, rendered in a primitive artistic style characteristic of early Norwegian medieval coinage. The central device is enclosed within a solid inner ring, with a legend running around the periphery and a further solid ring defining the outermost rim. The inscription, partially legible due to the die's barbarised execution, reads REX ET VOV. The overall design reflects the debased engraving conventions of the minority coinage struck during Håkon Håkonsson's early reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | REX ET VOV |
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Håkon Håkonsson came to the throne as a child in 1217 following a succession dispute that had kept Norway in near-continuous civil conflict for over a century. His claim was contested, and his minority was governed under the regency of Earl Skule Bårdsson. These fractional silver pieces belong to that narrow three-year window before Håkon's reign stabilized — Skaare 162 is among the thinnest documented issues of medieval Norwegian coinage by both production volume and surviving specimen count.