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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 11

Anglo-Saxon, Mercia, Offa (757-796), early non-portrait issues, Penny, 1.31g, Canterbury, Eoba, standard comprising monogram of offa within rectangle with a cross extending from each corner, rex m in angles, rev. eoba within lobes of a quatrefoil with wedge and pellets in angles extending from a central circle containing a cross of four pellets (Chick -forthcoming- 111A; cf. Blunt 17; cf. N.273; S.904), obverse struck off centre, full flan, good silver, very fine, very rare Estimate £ 800-1,000 The obverse is previously unrecorded. Found in North Yorkshire.

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