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Denier - Olof Skötkonung
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 995-1022 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Crude right-facing bust of King Olof Skötkonung depicted in profile, rendered in the Anglo-Saxon hammered style with a sceptre held before the figure. The effigy displays characteristic Scandinavian Viking-Age die-cutting with bold, irregular strokes. A beaded or pelleted border frames the design. The surrounding legend, struck in Latin, reads VLVASI REX SVENO, identifying the ruler as King Olof of Sweden. The overall style closely follows contemporary Anglo-Saxon penny types, reflecting the strong English minting influence of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | VLVASI REX SVENO (Translation: King Olof of Sweden) |
| Reverse description | A bold central cross divides the reverse into four quadrants, each containing a single letter, together spelling CRVX, a common devotional device on medieval Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon coinage. The cross extends to a beaded inner circle, beyond which the surrounding Latin legend reads IN NOMINE DNI MC C. The die-cutting is characteristic of the early Swedish hammered coinage closely modelled on English prototypes of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. The fields are slightly uneven due to the hand-struck nature of the flan. |
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