(x) Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, 1.10g, 12h, light coinage with portrait, c.779-792/3, London, Winoth, .·.+ offa rex +.·., small diademed bust with heart shaped truncation, breaking beaded inner circle, rev. u / in / o / d, in angles of a lozenge cross fleury with double fleurs, a plain saltire in centre (Chick 72d this coin; Chick, Yorkshire Numismatist 1997, pl. I, no. 2 this coin; N.302; S.905), bust a little flat, otherwise good fine.
Provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1992, no. 133
Found at Hadleigh Downs, Essex, October 1991
EMC 1996.0169
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000