Details
LOT 3742
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint; Osmod, moneyer. Heavy coinage.
⁜ ꕺFFΛ RE※ within two lines; uncial m above, various pellets in fields / ⵙS:MOD between two lines, inverted uncial m with triangular symbol either side below, cross and bars pattern above, various pellets in fields. Chick type 239; North 320; SCBC 908. Very Fine. Toned.(1.24gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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