Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.22 g, 10h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Tirweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. OF FA RE X in angles of a Celtic cross with decorated limbs and annulet at center containing a pelleted cross with pellets in quarters / TI RVVASD, plain circle containing a cross of petals over a saltire botonnée; all within a serpent-wreath. Chick 132b = EMC 2004.0070 - Coin Register 2005, 143 (this coin); SCBI –; North –; SCBC 904. Toned, minor edge loss and some light porosity on high points. VF. An extremely rare and artistic type.

Ex Baldwin's 101 (28 September 2016), lot 3009. Found Shorwell, Isle of Wight, before 2004.