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DENMARK. Harald Blåtand (Bluetooth). Circa 958/9-986. AR Halvbrakteat (18mm, 0.29 g, 6h). Imitating class 2 deniers of Charlemagne from Dorestadt. Haithabu (Hedeby) mint. Struck circa 960s-970s. Four parallel vertical lines; double crescent above; additional pellets around / Incuse of obverse. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 121;Malmer, Nordiska, Group KG 9b-c; Hauberg 1; De Wit Group 2. Toned, underlying luster, slightly ragged flan. EF. Very rare. The first coin issue from Scandinavia.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Künker 254 (6 October 2014), lot 2016; Lanz 91 (4 June 1999), lot 665.
For a recent analysis of this coinage, and place within the coinage of King Harald, see J. C. Moesgaard, King Harald's Cross Coinage: Christian Coins for the Merchants of Haithabu and the King's Soldiers (Copenhagen, 2015).
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Künker 254 (6 October 2014), lot 2016; Lanz 91 (4 June 1999), lot 665.
For a recent analysis of this coinage, and place within the coinage of King Harald, see J. C. Moesgaard, King Harald's Cross Coinage: Christian Coins for the Merchants of Haithabu and the King's Soldiers (Copenhagen, 2015).