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1 Penning - Christopher II Roskilde
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1319-1332 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#544 |
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| Reverse description | A six-pointed star, formed by two interlaced triangles, with a pellet or dot placed at each of the six points, distributed symmetrically across the field. The motif is executed in the restrained, schematic manner characteristic of early 14th-century Danish hammered pennies struck at Roskilde under Christopher II. The flan is irregular with no surrounding legend. |
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| Mint | Roskilde Mint |
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Christopher II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by political collapse — he was deposed twice, and for a period Denmark effectively ceased to exist as a functioning state, pawned in pieces to German creditors. Coinage from his Roskilde issues belongs to a monarchy operating under extreme fiscal duress, with minting rights fragmented across competing authorities.
MB#544 is a thin bracteate-influenced struck piece from a period when Danish royal coinage had not yet stabilized its weight standards after decades of debasement under the preceding reign.