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1 Penning - Cnut Aethelred II short cross imitation
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1016-1035 |
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| Value | 1 Penning |
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| Obverse description | Draped, diademed bust of King Cnut facing left, rendered in the Anglo-Saxon style closely imitating the Æthelred II short cross type, contained within a plain inner circle. The effigy displays a stylized drapery across the shoulder and a prominent diadem, characteristic of early 11th-century Scandinavian imitative coinage. A Latin legend surrounds the inner circle within the outer beaded border of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cnut's Danish moneyers worked from captured or imported examples of the Æthelred II short cross type, reproducing English dies with varying fidelity. The imitation was deliberate policy — Cnut ruled England from 1016 and understood that Anglo-Saxon coin forms carried commercial credibility across the North Sea trading network. Danish merchants and the Jelling court alike recognized the type as sound silver.
Hauberg's classification remains the foundational reference for this series, though die studies since his 1900 work have complicated the picture considerably.