1 Penning - Olav Kyrre

Olav Kyrre — "Olav the Peaceful" — ruled Norway for 26 years without fighting a single foreign war, an almost unprecedented record for a Norse king of the period. His coinage was struck under strong Anglo-Saxon influence, a direct consequence of Harald Hardrada's defeat at Stamford Bridge in 1066, after which Norwegian minting practices absorbed English techniques brought back by survivors and traders. Skaare 16 is among the thinnest and most technically fragile issues of the reign, struck on irregular flans that rarely preserve the full die impression.