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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 11

Mercia, Offa (757-96), light coinage, c.770-c.792, portrait Penny, 1.25g, Canterbury, Ealmund, draped bust right within broken inner circle, offa rex mercioru, contraction mark above u, rev. +e / al / mu / nd, uncial m and d, around lozenge with incurved sides containing a cross bottonée over four petals saltire (Chick 47e - this coin; CEB 45; N.308; S.905), toned, most pleasing, almost extremely fine Estimate £ 5,000-7,000 provenance Bt. Spink, 2009

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