1 Penning - Sweyn II Estridsen
Features
| Issuer |
Denmark
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Sweyn II (Svend II) (1047-1076)
|
| Type | Coins |
| Years | 1047-1075 |
| Value | 1 Penning |
| Currency | Penning (825-1513) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.55 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Number | N# 543851 |
| References | Hauberg Danmark# 65 Peter Christian Hauberg; 1900. Myntforhold og Udmyntninger i Danmark indtil 1146 = Coinage and minting in Denmark until 1146. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Obverse
Helmeted bust of king left, holding scepter in front.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ISRIAN
Reverse
Long voided cross with three-crescent tipes, three pellets in each corner.
Mint
Viborg, Denmark (1016-1157)Comments
The portrait style is unique to the Viborg mint. Lund and Roskilde were where the best die cutters were stationed, imported from England. Smaller mints like Viborg were only operating temporarily/seasonally and followed the “old nordic” style.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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