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Auction: 6013 - Edward III (Double Leopard) The Hilary F Guard Collection of Manx Related Items Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coi
Lot: 320

Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny of light coinage (c. 765? - c. 792), 1.27g, moneyer Ethilwald, +o:ff.a rex.+, bare-headed bust to right, rev. +e/xil/wa/ld/, flower of four petals on saltire botonnée within inner circle (Blunt, ´The coinage of Offa´, Anglo-Saxon Coins (ed. R.H.M. Dolley), pl.5, no.58; Stewart, Anglo-Saxon Monetary History, Essays in memory of Michael Dolley (ed. M.A.S. Blackburn), pl.3; N. bust Ea, 310; S.905), surface a little etched, a good strong strike, very fine Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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