412, Lot: 1002. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 0.88 g, 3h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Retrograde OF FA in beaded standard; (Rx) and Mercian m below; pellets abve and to sides / Cross with central annulet and ends terminating in inward-facing crescents; Є O B A in quarters. Chick 107 var. (obv. legend orientation); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 54 var. (same); North 268; SCBC 904. VF, dark encrustation on reverse. Rare.

From the Norman Frank Collection.