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Denier - Olof Skötkonung
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1016-1022 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | CNVT REX ANGLORVI (Translation: Knut king of England.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Olof Skötkonung was the first Swedish king to convert to Christianity and the first to strike coins in Sweden, establishing a mint at Sigtuna around 995 AD. These deniers were produced in direct imitation of contemporary Anglo-Saxon penny types — almost certainly because Olof employed English moneyers, likely recruited through ecclesiastical networks at a time when England was the dominant model for northern European Christian kingship. The political messaging was deliberate: coinage was a demonstration of royal authority and Christian legitimacy, not an economic necessity in a region still heavily dependent on hack-silver.