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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 6

Archbishops of Canterbury, Aethelheard (792-805) with Offa as overlord, 792-796, Penny, 1.30g, Canterbury, two line type with title Archiepiscopus, aedil / heard / arcepi, trefoil before aedil, contraction marks above arcepi, rev. +offa between two lines, uncial m with contraction bar above between ornaments, rex, trefoil before, below (Chick 247 - this coin not listed; CEB 136; N.229; S.885), a field find, slightly creased, small edge split at 7 o´clock, otherwise very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,500

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