A cool Viking newp
EVillageProwler
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Just bought a very cool coin, a Halvbrakteat of Harald I Blåtand (Bluetooth) of Denmark. Harald was the grandfather of Cnut, King of England (and also of Denmark, Norway and part of Sweden).
Here is the lot description and image from CNG109:
DENMARK. Harald Blåtand (Bluetooth). Circa 958/9-986. AR Halvbrakteat (18mm, 0.36 g, 6h). Imitating class 2 deniers of Charlemagne from Dorestadt. Haithabu (Hedeby) mint. Struck circa 960s-970s. Large crescent flanked by two lines / Four parallel vertical lines; double crescent above. Malmer, Nordiska, Group KG 9b-c; Hauberg 1; Hauberg Collection 1-8. EF, attractive iridescent toning.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XL.2 (Summer 2015), no. 407391; Classical Numismatic Review XIX.4 (Fourth Quarter 1994), no. 426.
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).
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Comments
Beautiful. Looks as struck.
--Severian the Lame
Cool newp. I love how with these designs catalogers have to get creative with names for different shapes of lines
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Groovy!
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Thanks folks.
Yeah, I’d have written “chicken scratch” and that’s that. Lol.
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I think it's beautiful.
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Bluetooth/Blue--I like it! Seriously cool.
A neat coin with lovely toning!
The obv.(left pic?) strikes me as a Pterodactyl!
Yes, I can see that. So my description should say "Pterodactyl scratch" instead of "chicken scratch".
Thanks all. I haven't seen it in hand so I am seriously hoping that the coin does not disappoint when I receive. it.
EVP
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That is a gorgeous coin. I doubt it ever circulated based on the condition. And I love that toning! Very nice pickup!
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My 1/2 Viking brain is seeing all kinds of things in that coin. It's an 1,100 year old piece of abstract art.
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