British Coins from Various Properties
BRITISH COINS, Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light coinage, London, Ealdnoth, diademed bust right, offar ex, rev. +eal dnod in two lines across field, pelleted line with fleured ends between, 1.13g/9h (Chick 34; Blunt –; N 301; S 905). Hairline surface crack and some porosity on obverse, otherwise about very fine, excessively rare £2,000-2,600
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Chick lists only one specimen, at that time in the Stewartby collection and since dispersed (Spink Auction 234, 22 March 2016, lot 84). Note that the obverse legend starts at 8 o'clock on this specimen and at 1 o'clock on the Stewartby coin