Denmark, Svend Estridsen, denar (penning), 1047–1075, minted at Viborg, mint master Ketil.
Obverse: ✠KETIL, bust of the ruler with long hair curling into ringlets, facing left, with a cross in front of him.
Rev. ✠VVIBERGA, a double-barred cross with arms ending in groups of three crescent moons, with decorative elements in the corners.
Silver, 0.78 g, 16.8 mm. Hauberg 65 – variant (different mint master’s name).
Condition II, very well preserved and fully legible, both the mintmaster’s name and the mint name, which is a rarity on these coins
Svend Estridsen (in Old Norse, Sveinn Ástríðarson) was born in England around 1019 as the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. Estrid was the daughter of King Sweyn (Svend) Forkbeard (son of Harald Bluetooth) and the sister of King Canute the Great.
