Penning, Svealand, uncertain ruler, cirka 1210–1220

With bracteate coinage – a method of minting pennings – a base of lead or leather was placed under the silver plate on which the coins were struck. Residual products from such manufacture are sometimes found.

Lead strips with test impressions of coins with crosses have been found in Nyköping, Södermanland. The angles show AROS, a Norse word for river mouth.

Coins corresponding to the lead impressions date back to the early 13th century, during the reign of King Erik Knutsson, or for the Archbishop. Most specimens preserved have been found during surveys of churches in Norrland.

Image rights: Helena Bonnevier, Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga myntkabinettet/SHM (CC BY 4.0)

Object number: 100405_KMK

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