Triton XIX, Lot: 867. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.08 g, 6h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. London mint; Dud, moneyer. Struck circa 779-792/3. ΘFFA REX in two lines divided by beaded bar; cross and pellets above / +d UD in two lines divided by beaded bar with fleurs; cross above and below, pellets in fields. Chick 28b-c (same dies); SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 388; BMC –; North 287; SCBC 904. VF, slightly porous. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from Spink, 29 June 2007.