ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 0.96 g, 12h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Winenoth, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 0.96 g, 12h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Winenoth, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. Diademed bust right / Ц IN ◊ ð in angles of cross fleury, saltire in center. Chick 72d = EMC 1996.0169 = Coin Register 1996, 169 (this coin); SCBI 20 (Mack), 567 (same dies); North 302; SCBC 905. Find patina, traces of crease, slight porosity. Near VF. Rare.

From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular C.1 (February 1992), no. 133. Found at Hadleigh Downs, Essex, October 1991.


Closing Date and Time: 11 November 2020 at 14:49:40 ET.

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