1 Penning - Eric I Agnus Dei

Eric I, known as "the Good," initiated Denmark's first organized royal coinage in direct response to his crusading ambitions — he died in Cyprus in 1103 while leading Danish forces toward Jerusalem, never completing the journey. The Agnus Dei type draws on ecclesiastical imagery fashionable across northern European minting at the turn of the twelfth century, a deliberate alignment of royal authority with the reforming church in Rome. Hauberg's classification remains the standard framework for this poorly documented series, and die studies suggest output was modest even by contemporary Scandinavian standards.