H3014 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Silver Penny,
1.24g.,
Portrait & Cross of Lobes type, 'light coinage', struck c.787-792,
London mint, moneyer Dudda, diademed draped bust right (Cc type), quatrefoil
behind head above diadem, trefoil behind neck below it, OFFA REX in front,
rev., +DUD in angles of a cross of lobes with small saltire botonnée
in centre, nine pellets spaced around the edge, (S.905; N.296;, CEB 28;
Chick 24), a full round coin with only slight irregularity along part of
the rim, good very fine / extremely fine, darkly toned, great portrait of
good style with full regal name, third known example of this type, fully
recorded find spot. $4250 SOLD
- Provenance:
- Found with the aid of a metal detector at the village
of Allhallows on the south side of Hoo peninsula on the Medway estuary
in Kent, England.
- Recorded in the EMC 2007.0181, PAS: KENT-CE7AE1 and
BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 211.
