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Auction 21060 30 Sep 2021
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Kingdom of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Light Coinage, Penny, struck prior to the Battle of Otford in AD 776, Non-Portrait type, Canterbury, Eoba, OFRxM, annulet O, in angles of beaded cross pattée, trefoils in legend, central cross in beaded circle, pellet in angles rev. EOBA in angles of voided Celtic cross, pellets in legend, central cross in circle, pellet in angles, 1.00g, 12h (Chick 103; Blunt 11; North 261; Spink 904), chipped edges and stress fractures to flan, otherwise handsome toning, almost extremely fine, very rare, only six examples recorded.
provenance
T Webb-Ware, March 1997
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This type belongs to the earliest phase of Offa's broad flan Penny coinage and is dated to c.775 before the battle of Otford., after which he was temporarily ejected from Kent. Eoba was the earliest and most productive of Offa's moneyers.
Estimate: £600 - £800
provenance
T Webb-Ware, March 1997
,
This type belongs to the earliest phase of Offa's broad flan Penny coinage and is dated to c.775 before the battle of Otford., after which he was temporarily ejected from Kent. Eoba was the earliest and most productive of Offa's moneyers.
Estimate: £600 - £800