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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 13

Mercia, Offa (757-796), Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type, Penny, c. 780-792/3, Pendraed, + OFFA REX +, diademed and draped portrait right, rev. +P | EN | dR | Ed in angles of cross fleury, cross at centre, 0.94g [14.51gns], 7h (SCBI 2 [Glasgow, Part I], 316; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 12; cf. EMC 1996.0166, 1999.0035, 2015.0194, 2021.0041, 2022.0049; Chick 68; North 302; S.905), pitting and porosity, roughness throughout, area of the edges warped and jagged, otherwise toned, struck details fine or better in hand, nevertheless very rare, the moneyer also known for Offa's legendary Dinar

Provenance

Found at Bedford (Bedfordshire), 3 November 2024

~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2024.0390 ~

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