Triton XX, Lot: 1482. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.14 g, 7h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Peohtweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. + OFFΛ REX +, diademed bust right / PE (HT) VΛ L∂ in angles of a Celtic cross with a long cross fleury on limbs over central small saltire cross of petals. Chick 129a = EMC 2001.0778 (this coin); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 8; BMC 26; North 295; SCBC 905. VF, soft in center of obverse, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 12 May 2011. Ex Derek Chick Collection (with ticket). Found at Fordwich, near Canterbury, Kent, October 1985.