ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.29 g, 12h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 1169.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

British, Silver

Estimate: $ 2 000

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.29 g, 12h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Inverted Θ F (the later barred, the former underlined as contraction) in central dotted square with diagonal lines projecting from corners; cross between ornaments above, floral ornaments at sides, (Rx) and Mercian m below / Є Θ B A in angles of a cross fleury with pelleted cross in central annulet. Chick 106g = EMC 1970.0504 (this coin); SCBI 1 (Cambridge), 390 = MEC 1, 1127 (same rev. die); North 271; SCBC 904. Toned, slightly irregular flan. Good VF. Rare.

From the Causeway Collection, purchased from Silbury Coins, August 2013. Ex Künker 227 (11 March 2013), lot 2330; G. W. de Wit (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3035. Found at Newton Bromwswold, Northamptonshire, February 1988.


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