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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 69

Mercia, Offa (757-96), heavy coinage, c.792-96, Penny, 1.27g, London, Eama, +offa between two pelleted lines, uncial m above, rex below, trefoils in fields, rev. +ea//ma in upper and lower lunettes divided by pelleted line, various pellets in fields (Chick 206b - same dies; CEB -; N.-; S.908), buckled, full flan, a very rare moneyer, very fine Estimate £ 600-800 provenance Found West Well, nr. Ashford, Kent, 2011 London heavy coinage pennies of Offa are rare; Chick notes 46 for London out of the 154 for all mints. Two other examples are recorded by Chick for type 206 with only three coins in total for the moneyer Eama across all Offa´s coinage. This coin adds a fourth example.

Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200