422, Lot: 717. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (18mm, 1.13 g, 3h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Peohtweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. : + O • F • F • Λ • R • EX + :, diademed bust right / PE (HT) VΛ L∂ in angles of a Celtic cross with a long cross fleury on limbs over central small saltire cross of petal. Chick Type 129; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 8; BMC 26; North 295; SCBC 905. Near VF, toned, flan perforation along edge, some porosity.