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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 11

Mercia, Cynethryth (wife of Offa) (757-796), 'Light Coinage', Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint, Eoba, EOBA before Imperial [Faustina Senior (?)] female bust right, crucifix behind, pellets and trefoils in fields, beaded border, rev. •+• CFN•EÐRF•Ð • REGIN, around barred Mercian M in pelleted circle, 1.08g [15.43grns], 6h (SCBI 67 [BM], 654-8 (all monograms placed at 12h); North 339; S.909), flan slightly warped and edge chipped, seemingly unique variety with Mercian monogram at 9 o'clock, good fine

Provenance

Timeline Auctions, Auction 162, 8 March 2025, lot 3495

~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2024.0425 ~

Found at Harston, Cambridgeshire in 1990s


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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500

Starting price
£2000