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1 Penning - Harold III Saint
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1074-1080 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of a nimbate saint, rendered in a hieratic Romanesque style, standing erect and facing the viewer. The figure holds a crozier surmounted by a cross in the right hand and a book in the left, emblematic of episcopal or saintly authority. The legend HARALD RE, identifying King Harald, is inscribed in the field in Latin characters. The overall design reflects the Anglo-Saxon artistic influence prevalent in Danish coinage of the late 11th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Harold III — known as Harald Hen, "the Whetstone" — ruled Denmark for just three years following the murder of his father Sweyn II's chosen heir. His reign saw the first serious attempt to organize Danish coinage along continental lines, likely influenced by direct contact with German ecclesiastical minting practices. The Hauberg 1 classification places this among the earliest attributable issues of his reign, struck at a moment when royal mint control in Denmark was still fragmentary at best.