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1 Penning
| Issuer | Kingdom of Norway |
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| Year | 1065-1080 |
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| Weight | 0.85 g |
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| Obverse description | Crude stylized bust facing right, depicted wearing a distinctive radiate or fan-shaped crown composed of radiating lines emanating from a central pellet, rendered in the schematic Viking-age die-cutting tradition. A cross or sceptre is visible before the bust in the lower field, with a small spiral or annulet to the left. Fragmentary Latin legend surrounds the effigy in the field, partially visible due to the irregular flan. The engraving style reflects the transitional Anglo-Scandinavian influence characteristic of Norwegian coinage under Olav Kyrre. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck under Olav Kyrre, whose long and unusually peaceful reign allowed Norwegian coinage to stabilize after decades of dynastic violence. These thin silver pennies — the dominant transaction medium of eleventh-century Scandinavia — circulated far beyond Norway's borders, turning up in hoards across the Baltic and into Russia along the Varangian trade routes. Skaare 23 represents one of the better-documented types from this reign, though die-link studies remain incomplete and attribution of individual pieces to specific minting locations is still contested among specialists.