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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.).

Provenance

Found near Petham, Kent, 2012.

Literature

S. 885; N. 229; Chick type 247 (new dies); EMC 2012.1007 (this coin, new dies) and UKDFD.

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LOT 0176

Anglo-Saxon Archbishop Aethelheard with Offa - Canterbury - Second Issue Penny

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,404

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