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1 Penning - Cnut Aethelred II short cross imitation
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1016-1035 |
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| Currency | Penning (-1513) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A small, plain cross centred within a plain inner circle, directly imitating the short cross reverse design of contemporary Anglo-Saxon pennies. The cross arms extend to but do not breach the inner circle, and the field is otherwise plain. A Latin moneyer's legend reading from a pellet surrounds the inner circle, identifying the moneyer Godwin operating at the mint of Lund, enclosed within the outer beaded border. |
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Cnut's Danish moneyers worked from captured or imported examples of the Æthelred II short cross type, reproducing English dies with varying fidelity. The imitation was deliberate policy — Cnut ruled England from 1016 and understood that Anglo-Saxon coin forms carried commercial credibility across the North Sea trading network. Danish merchants and the Jelling court alike recognized the type as sound silver.
Hauberg's classification remains the foundational reference for this series, though die studies since his 1900 work have complicated the picture considerably.