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JCN59 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Penny,
1.09g., Light coinage, Serpent Wreath / Cross of Lobes (c.765-c.792)
Canterbury mint,
moneyer Tirweald, OFFA REX around pellet and rosette, all
within a serpent headed wreath, rev., long
cross botonnée within a cross of lobes,
over small saltire of lobes,
+TIRWALD in angles, (N -; CEB
-; S.-; Chick 131 this coin), edge
slightly frayed and small wave in flan, otherwise gooD very fine, toned, extremely rare. $1595 SOLD
- Provenance:
- Found at Elford,
near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (SK 1910).
- EMC #1996.0160
The EMC database notes read: "'The reverse is exactly
like those used by Dud on Blunt 26-28; the obverse appears to be
unparalleled. This is the first coin of Offa actually found near his
primary residence at Tamworth.'"
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H4310 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Penny,
1.22g., Light coinage, Cross on Saltire Obverses (c.765-c.792)
Canterbury mint,
moneyer Ealhræd, OFFA REX
in angles of a long cross botonnée on a small cross botonnée, rev.,
Celtic cross, cross and pellets in centre,
+ALRED in angles, (N 262-5/N
291-2; CEB 9,12,19-20/48-9; S 904; same dies as EMC 2001.1168), edge
slightly frayed, rough in parts on obverse, otherwise very fine, extremely rare. $1295
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H4231 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Silver Penny,
1.27g.,
Heavy coinage (792-796), London mint, moneyer Winoth,
+OFFA REX, regal name between two lines, REX below and M above, rev., moneyer’s name +VVINOð
in two
lines divided by a doubel-lobed "dog bone", (N.326; S.908; Chick 214k
this coin),
edge frayed otherwise good metal and sound fabric,
almost extremely fine, very rare. $1795
NOW $1595 SOLD
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- Provenance:
- Found near Dunstable, England, c.1986
(as per Chick)
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H4224 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Silver Penny,
1.37g.,
Heavy coinage (792-796), Canterbury mint, moneyer Osmod,
+OFFA REX, regal name between two lines, REX below and M above, rev., moneyer’s name +OSMOD between two
lines, ornaments above and below, (N.320; S.908), a full round coin of good metal and sound fabric,
problem free, almost extremely fine, very rare, rarely seen in this
condition for this reign. $5175
SOLD
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- Provenance:
- Found with the aid of a metal detector at Great
Mongeham, near Deal, Kent, England (TR 3451), 11th September, 1993.
- EMC 1993.0195.
- Coin Register in British Numismatic Journal 63
(1993), #195.
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