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1 Penning - Olav Haraldsson
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1015-1030 |
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| Reference(s) | Skaare#3 |
| Obverse description | Crude bust of the king facing left, holding a sceptre in the right hand, rendered in the simplified Anglo-Saxon hammered style typical of early Norwegian coinage. The effigy is encircled by a beaded inner ring, with a Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the field. The portrait reflects the influence of contemporary English penny types from which Norwegian coinage of this period derived its designs. |
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| Obverse lettering | OLEF REX NORMANOR (Translation: Olav, King of Norway) |
| Reverse description | A bird with wings spread wide occupies the central field, depicted in a schematic, stylised manner characteristic of early medieval Scandinavian hammered coinage. The device is encircled by a beaded inner ring, with a peripheral legend that is largely illegible or blundered, a common feature on Norwegian pennies of this period produced by relatively unskilled local moneyers. The reverse design is broadly derived from contemporary English penny prototypes. |
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