Details
LOT 2589
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. Very fine. Rare.(0.92 grams, 16 mm.).
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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LOT 2589
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa of Mercia - Canterbury / Eoba - Portrait AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,861
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