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LOT 2589
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,861
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa of Mercia - Canterbury / Eoba - Portrait AR Penny Circa 780-792 A.D.
Light coinage. Obv: draped and cuirassed Roman style bust right with +OFFA REX+ legend. Rev: pellet in annulet within lozenge in centre with EOBA around in angles, for Eoba at Canterbury mint. 0.92 grams, 16 mm.
Very fine. Rare.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Lewis, East Sussex, UK, on 5 November 2023.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no 12031-213367.
PUBLISHED:
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference: EMC 2023.0461 (this coin).
LITERATURE:
S. 905; N. 308; Chick 114;
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