436, Lot: 996. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.12 g, 10h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Udd, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Long cross botonnée over saltire botonnée; +O FF A R EX in angles / Voided cross with curved limbs and pellet-in-annulet at center; + V D D in angles. Chick 137e = EMC 2005.0227 = Coin Register 2006, no. 161 (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 33; North262; SCBC 904. Near VF, find patina, slightly porous and ragged.

From the Londinium Collection. Found Near Newark, Nottinghamshire, October 2005.