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Triton XX, Lot: 1483. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.21 g, 8h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Udd, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. +◊ FF AR EX in angles of a long cross botonnée over saltire botonnée / + V D D otwardly in angles of a voided cross with curved limbs and central pellet-in-annulet. Chick 137d = EMC 2000.0224 = Coin Register 200, 75 (this coin); SCBI 20 (Mack), 553; BMA 44; North 262; SCBC 904. VF, toned. Die flaw on obverse. Minor edge chip. Very rare.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 23 August 2011. Found near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, 2000.