435, Lot: 574. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.22 g, 9h). Heavy coinage. Non-Portrait type. London mint; Ludaman, moneyer. Struck circa 792/3-796. ·: m :·/ + OFFA/ ·: REX in three lines / + LVD/◊MON in two lines within Boeotian shield-like device. Chick 211 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); Naismith, Coinage 211A; SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 57 var. (same); North 325; SCBC 908. Matte Proof, porous, attached edge chip.

From the Londinium Collection.