Sven Estridsen (1047-1075) Penny From Viking Necklace

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monetanova New Member Latvia 49 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 07:50 am I'm almost sure it's Estridsen, but hope someone could help me out with the detailed atribution despite the terrible wear Pictures in hi-res: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8223697/Vi...R0041704.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8223697/Vi...R0041703.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 12:38 pm I am interested in Viking coins, I know nothing about them and have no resource to attribute yours...sorry...but I wanted to say, what a great find...I will follow this thread.... Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 3:55 pm Obverse looks like that of Estrithsen, depicting the archangel Michael and Christ, based on a Byzantine design. That obverse can be paired with a cross reverse, or another image of Christ. Are you posting this here because it was a UK find? Edited by philadelphian 12/09/2012 3:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 4:15 pm I'm interested in Christian-Viking era coins too, but I haven't seen many Denmark coins. I've mostly seen those of Norway--here's a few pictures I took. There is an example of the Sven Estridsen penning in the British Museum. I see details similar to yours. Report this Post to the Staff
monetanova New Member Latvia 49 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 5:18 pm Thank you for your insights. I think the specimen posted by DVCollector has the very close obverse for this type. As for the reverse - I can see two half moons oriented in contrary (with opened half to the legend not center). Here is a nice Danish resource - http://www.danskmoent.dk/tidl/estrids.htm - with coin 77 types described (Haubergs, 1900), but unfortunately I haven't spotted the exact specimen there. There are matching obverses (8, 11) - http://www.danskmoent.dk/tidl/usider/se_lund.htm - but looks like this reverse has not been described. Report this Post to the Staff
monetanova New Member Latvia 49 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 6:01 pm It really could be a variant of the 8th type, here are two very close examples with four larger crescents described as variants of 8th type: Report this Post to the Staff
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