ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.13 g, 10h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Æthelweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3.

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Lot: 1333. Estimated: $ 3 000

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.13 g, 10h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Æthelweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. : + ◊F·F·A·R·EX : +, diademed bust right / Є∂ IL VA LD, divided by four jewel-like lobes; the inner circle contains a cross botonnée with four petals in saltire. Blackburn, “Currency Under the Vikings. Part 3: Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man and Scotland in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries,” in BNJ 77 (2007), p. 147 and pl. 1, 12 (this coin); Chick 10k = SCBI 67 (BM) 47 (same dies); Naismith, Coinage 4 (same dies); North 310; SCBC 905. Toned, some porosity and deposits. VF.

From the Richard Basler Collection. Found at ‘Site B’ near Dublin, Ireland, 1990s.

Very unusual as an Irish find.

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