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1 Penning - Niels Stigsen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Roskilde |
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| Year | 1234 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A stylized royal crown occupies the central field, depicted in profile with beaded ornaments along its upper edge, set within a plain inner circle. The crown is rendered in a bold, primitive hammered style characteristic of 13th-century Scandinavian ecclesiastical coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, separated from it by a beaded or rope-pattern border. The overall design is compact and deeply struck, though irregular in flan shape as is typical of hand-struck medieval pennings. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bishop's miter is depicted centrally within an inner circle, shown frontally with its distinctive peaked form and decorative internal detail, rendered in the bold, schematic style typical of medieval Danish ecclesiastical issues. The miter symbolizes the episcopal authority of the issuing see of Roskilde. Surrounding the central device is a circular Latin legend recording the date in Roman numerals, separated by a beaded or twisted-wire border. The flan is irregular and the strike shows characteristic unevenness of hand-hammered medieval coinage. |
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