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1 Penning- Knut I Ericson
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1167-1196 |
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| Currency | Denier |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned royal effigy depicted in a schematic, flat relief typical of 12th-century Scandinavian hammered coinage. The king holds a sword upright in his right hand and a ring in his left, symbolizing royal authority and largesse. The bust is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the surrounding field exhibiting the characteristic irregular granular texture of the die work. The overall style is archaic and non-naturalistic, consistent with contemporary Swedish medieval bracteate-influenced penny production. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this hammered silver penning is uniface or bears only faint incuse impressions resulting from the striking process, as is typical of thin medieval Scandinavian pennies of this period. The surface displays an irregular granular texture with no clearly legible design or legend, the flan exhibiting the uneven edges characteristic of hand-cut planchets. Any residual impression is an incidental result of the hammering technique rather than an intentional design element. |
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Knut I's reign saw Sweden operating without a centralized mint in any modern sense — coins were struck by regional ecclesiastical and secular authorities under loose royal sanction, which accounts for the considerable die variation catalogued under this type. The Lagerqvist 1A:7c designation places this piece within a recognized sub-group distinguished by specific die characteristics, not simply a generic assignment.
Sweden's bracteate-influenced penning coinage of the twelfth century was tied directly to periodic recoinage demands, where old coins were called in and exchanged at a loss — a form of implicit taxation that funded royal and ecclesiastical projects alike.