CNG 97, Lot: 976. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.21 g, 9h). Light coinage. Mint in East Anglia; Oethelred, moneyer. Struck circa 785/90-792/3. + OFFA + RE+ around cross potent on steps, within which an inverted T-like device / OE đE LR ES in the angles of a lozenge cross crosslet with small rosette in center. Chick 176; SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 907. EMC 2013.0113 (this coin). Good VF, toned, slight bend in flan, minor porosity. Very rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Paul Revel, August 2013. Found near Newmarket, Suffolk.