Triton XX, Lot: 1488. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (18mm, 1.21 g, 3h). Heavy coinage. London mint; Ethelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 792/3-796. + ◊FFA in central panel, (Mercian m) and REX in lunettes above and below / + EÞ:EL:Þ/N◊ in central panel and lower lunette; cross flanked by pellets in upper lunette. Chick 235; SCBI –; BMC –; North 322; SCBC 908. VF, some porosity. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from A H Baldwin, July 1999.