CNG 102, Lot: 1418. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16.5mm, 1.20 g, 3h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Pendræd, moneyer. Struck circa 779-792/3. Bust right; in tablet to right, OFFA, to left, REX :·; serpent-like figure above / +P ЄN DR ЄD in angles of cross fleury, pellet at center. Chick 67a (same dies); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 12 (same obv. die); North –; SCBC 905. VF, porous, slightly wavy flan, minor edge splits.

From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Morton & Eden 75 (2 July 2015), lot 97. Found Shottesbrook, Berkshire, April 2015 (PAS Ref. SUR-9A3435).