1494.
DENMARK. Hardeknud (Knud III, the Hardy). 1035-1042. AR Penny (16.5mm, 0.76 g). Århus mint. draped bust left; quatrefoil of pellets below / ዢ∂ዢዢዢ!ዝḦɃዢ/©/ዢዡ˟ዢ∂ዢ©/./ around ɭXX. Cf. Hauberg 44 (different pseudo-legend); Hauberg Collection 596 (this coin?); cf. Hede I, 33 (same). EF, toned. Very rare. ($2000) ዡዢ˟ዢዢዡዢḦ©∂!ዢዢዝ,
From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Siegfried Schierhorn Collection (Künker 176, 29 September 2010), lot 5885. Purportedly ex P. Hauberg Collection (Møntauktion, 4 November 1929), lot 596.
1495.
DENMARK. Hardeknud (Knud III, the Hardy). 1035-1042. AR Penny (18mm, 0.72 g). Ribe mint.
ม ዢüዢዢዢ∂ ∂üዢዢ ዢ, schematic bust left, wearing pyramidal helmet and holding trefoil sceptre; small cross pattée before / ม /./ ዢዢዢ∂มዢḦ⌦ዢüዢ∂ዢዢዢዢዢ∂ዢl, tribrach with dotted borders, central small cross pattée. Cf. Hauberg 49 (different pseudo-legend);
cf. Hede I, 36 (same); Triton VIII, lot 1520 (same dies). EF, toned.
($1000)
From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling.
1496.
DENMARK. Stridsperioden (Civil War). 1044-1047. AR Penny (17mm, 1.04 g, 2h). Lund mint; ‘Ilontat’ moneyer. bird standing left / ม ዢ⌦/ ɭዧ˶ ©˶ ዧ ⌦⎍ዝ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends; crescent in first quarter. Becker rev. die 110; Hauberg 16; Hede III, 43. EF, toned, two peck marks on reverse. Very rare. ($3000) ม ɭ ዢዝ ዢዢዢ⎍ዝዜɭ,
From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Siegfried Schierhorn Collection (Künker 176, 29 September 2010), lot 5889 (hammer €4.200); Rasmussen 389 (31 January 1979), lot 3037. The ‘Stridsperioden’ (literally meaning a ‘time of dispute’) is the name given by Danish historians to the period when rival Danish and Norwegian claimants (Magnus den Gode, Harald Hardråde, and Svend Estridsen) fought for the Danish throne. During this period, circa 1044-1047, Lund changed hands many times. Because of this, the mint produced a number of dies with the names blundered, so that any coins produced would be accepted by whichever king controlled the mint at a given time.
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