Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2430. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mercia. Offa. 757-796 AD. AR Penny (1.15 gm). Canterbury mint. \ M \ + OFFA \ REX / AEDIL HEARD ARCEP. North 229 (Archbishops of Canterbury); C.E. Blunt, "The Coinage of Offa," in Anglo-Saxon Coins, pg. 48-49, pl. VII, 136; Seaby 908. Toned, good VF, obverse flan flaws, reverse porosity. Very rare. ($2000)