Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 111 29 May 2019
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.14 g, 1h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Peohtweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Draped bust right / PE HT VA L∂ in angles of a Celtic cross with a long cross fleurée over small saltire cross of petals. EMC 2010.0110 (this coin); Naismith, Coinage 40 = Chick 128; SCBI –; North 294; SCBC 905. VF, light porosity, some edge loss.
From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Timeline Auctions, February 2010. Found Tilbury, Essex, 2007.
Naismith notes that "[t]his coin is of noticeably finer style than the other two surviving specimens of Chick 128."
From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Timeline Auctions, February 2010. Found Tilbury, Essex, 2007.
Naismith notes that "[t]his coin is of noticeably finer style than the other two surviving specimens of Chick 128."