Denier - Olof Skötkonung Struck by Snelling

Olof Skötkonung's coinage was the first native-struck currency in Swedish history, produced at Sigtuna by moneyers trained in the Anglo-Saxon tradition — Snelling among them, almost certainly recruited directly from English mints where the Crux and Long Cross penny types were then current. The transfer of technique was deliberate policy: Olof had been baptized around 1008 and sought to align his kingdom visually and commercially with Christian Europe.

Snelling's issues are identifiable by name on the coin itself — a direct borrowing of the English practice of naming the responsible moneyer. Surviving examples are rare; total output from Sigtuna across all moneyers was modest, and Swedish hoards of this period are dominated by imported Æthelred II pennies rather than domestic product.