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LOT 1699
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - Canterbury / Pehtwald - Light Coinage Penny 780-792 AD
Obv: long cross botonné with cross of lobes over and +O FF AR EX legend. Rev: celtic cross with cross fleury over saltire at centre with PE HT VA LD legend in angles (with HT in monogram) for the moneyer Pehtwald at Canterbury mint. 1.17 grams.
Very fine; edge slightly ragged. Very rare.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Harston, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2012.
PUBLISHED:
See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0312 (this coin).
LITERATURE:
S. 904; N. 277; CEB 73; see Chick 130d (same dies?).
FOOTNOTES:
Derek Chick recorded nine coins of this type for this moneyer at Canterbury.
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