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Auction: 11023 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 17

Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, 0.89g, light coinage, c.770-792, non portrait type, Canterbury, Ealred, long cross bottonnée over saltire bottonnée, +o/ff/ar/ex in angles, rev. long cross crosslet extending from annulet containing a rosette, +e/al/re/d in angles (CEB 9; Chick 99; N.263; S.904), extensive edge chipping, otherwise nearly very fine, very rare Estimate £ 400-500 Naismith notes two other examples of this type. This is an additional example.. provenance Found at Overton, North Hampshire

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