CNG 97, Lot: 974. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (18mm, 1.21 g, 3h). Light coinage. Mint in East Anglia; Egchun, moneyer. Struck circa 785/90-792/3. O FF A+ RE X in the angles of a long cross fleury with central lozenge containing pellet / E X C H V И in circumscription between six rosettes, each at the point of an interlaced star of David with central rosette. Chick 168; SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 907. Good VF, toned, light porosity, small scuff at edge on reverse. Extremely rare, only one listed in Chick, none in Naismith addenda or EMC.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Rasmussen FPL 23 (Summer 2012), no. 5.