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1 Skilling Dansk - Christian III Copenhagen mint
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1542-1558 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | At center, a crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of Denmark is set within a beaded inner circle. A long-armed cross extends behind the shield, its arms radiating into the four quadrants and effectively dividing the surrounding Latin legend into four segments. The lettering, rendered in Gothic characters, reads CHRIS · TIANV · S·3·D:G · DANIE, abbreviating the royal style of Christian III, King of Denmark by the Grace of God. The overall design is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Northern European hammered coinage, with an irregular flan and bold, deeply struck relief. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle, contains the denomination and date inscribed in five lines in bold Gothic characters: + I + / 8KILLI / NCK·DA / N8KE / + 5Z +. An outer peripheral legend in Latin runs around the entire circumference outside the beaded circle, reading + NORWEGIE · VANDA · GOTO · Q · REX *, proclaiming the king's additional titles as Rex of Norway, the Wends, and the Goths. The separation of the value inscription across multiple lines and the use of the numeral-like letterforms (8 for S, Z for the date cipher) is typical of Danish billon skillings of the Christian III era. |
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