Triton XVIII, Lot: 1702. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.21 g, 11h). Light coinage. Portrait type. Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Ealhræd, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Bust right; OFFA before; REX downward behind (R retrograde) / EA LR E D on limbs of Celtic cross with trefoil-tipped scepters in angles. Chick type 97a (same dies) = SCBI 20 (Mack), 559; cf. BMC 9; North 291; SCBC 905. VF, toned, minor roughness.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Purchased from Davissons, May 2010. Found in Cambrai.