Triton XIX, Lot: 864. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.11 g, 10h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Babba, moneyer. Struck circa 779-792/3. 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 89; SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 320; BMC –; North 266; SCBC 904. Good VF, toned, minor edge loss. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 23 August 2011.