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1 Penning - Harald Hardråde under Magnus the Good
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1046-1047 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse lettering | + OVDNCAR O NODN (Translation: of Norway) |
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Harald Sigurdsson served as co-ruler under Magnus the Good for less than a year before Magnus died in October 1047, leaving Harald sole king. Coins attributable to this joint reign are exceptionally rare; the political arrangement itself was uneasy — Harald had returned from years commanding the Varangian Guard in Byzantium and essentially forced the co-kingship through military threat. Schive II:17 is among the earliest attributable Norwegian penny types, produced at a moment when Scandinavian coinage was still heavily derivative of Anglo-Saxon and German models.