LOT 0176
Anglo-Saxon Archbishop Aethelheard with Offa - Canterbury - Second Issue Penny
Circa 796 AD, second issue type. Obv: +EDIL HEARD ARCPI in three lines with contraction lines above R and I and plain lines between legend. Rev: +OFFA REX in two lines with REX and Mercian M with trefoils of pellets in lunettes. Loss to outer rim, small edge split, otherwise about very fine. Extremely rare.(0.91 grams.).
ProvenanceFound near Petham, Kent, 2012.
LiteratureS. 885; N. 229; Chick type 247 (new dies); EMC 2012.1007 (this coin, new dies) and UKDFD.
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Anglo-Saxon Archbishop Aethelheard with Offa - Canterbury - Second Issue Penny
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