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1 Penning - Anonymous
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1093-1103 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered effigy of a helmeted bust facing left, depicted holding a sceptre with both hands. A partial legend composed of strokes and letterforms surrounds the central device, enclosed within a beaded inner ring along the rim. The design is characteristic of the simplified, stylized figural work typical of late 11th-century Norwegian bracteate-influenced coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued during the reign of Magnus Barefoot — named for his reported habit of wearing a Scottish kilt rather than trousers after his campaigns in the Western Isles — this anonymous penning belongs to a period when Norwegian coinage was so poorly documented that attribution relies almost entirely on hoard evidence and die-linkage studies. Skaare's classification work in the 1970s brought some order to these issues, but individual specimens continue to generate disagreement among Scandinavian numismatic specialists.