435, Lot: 573. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.11 g, 5h). Light coinage. Non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Babba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. O F F A in angles of cross-crosslet over circle with central lozenge / B A BB A in angles of cross-crosslet with central lozenge containing rosette of pellets in lozenge. Chick 90d (
this coin); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 319; North 266; SCBC 904. VF, toned, some porosity, slightly ragged flan.
From the Londinium Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, and Webb 68 (12 December 2005), lot 215; Glendining’s (30 January 1997), lot 128. Found near Rochford, Essex, Jully 1996.