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1 Penning - Gaute Ivarsson
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Nidaros |
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| Year | 1474-1510 |
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| Currency | Skilling (1483-1523) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized archiepiscopal cross or staff rendered in low relief in a crude, medieval hammered style typical of late 15th-century Norwegian ecclesiastical coinage. The device, likely representing a crozier or processional cross associated with the See of Nidaros, is set within a roughly circular flan. The coin is bordered by a raised beaded or pearled rim encircling the entire periphery. No legible legend or inscription is present, consistent with small-denomination bracteate pennings of this period. The overall strike is weak and irregular, characteristic of hand-hammered coinage from the Nidaros Mint under Archbishop Gaute Ivarsson. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gaute Ivarsson served as Archbishop of Nidaros from 1474 until his death in 1510, making his episcopate one of the longest in the see's medieval history. The Archbishopric held minting rights — a privilege fiercely defended against repeated encroachment by the Danish crown — and small silver penningar from this period circulated primarily in the Trondheim region. Skaare 330 is among the more elusive attributions in Norwegian medieval numismatics, with surviving examples thinly scattered across Scandinavian collections.