Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Norway, Erik II Magnusson (1280-99), black Penny, crowned bust facing, eric magn rex no[ – ]e, rev., crv sca ihv xpi, long cross fleurdelisée, rosettes in angles, 0.66g/10h (cf. Galster p.157; Schive pl. ix). Some surface discolouration, good fine, very rare £1,000-£1,500

Provenance: Found at Swaffham (Norfolk) February 2019 (UKDFD 32111).

Attributed as the last issue in the reign of Erik, the similarity of the portrait on this specimen to the English issues of Fox types 8 and 9 pushes the issue date to the last two or three years of the century