H3072 -
The Kingdom of Mercia, Offa
(757-796), Penny,
1.06g., Light coinage, Cross and Saltire of Lobes obverse (765-792)
Canterbury mint,
moneyer Heahbeorht, OFFA REX
in angles of a long cross botonnée on a small saltire of lobes, rev.,
Celtic cross, cross and pellets in centre, pheon in each angle,
HEABERHT in angles, (CEB -; N 276/1; S 904), a full round
coin, good metal, sligth wave, no chips no cracks, very fine, extremely rare. $1700
REDUCED $1295 SOLD
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- Provenance:
- Found with the aid of a metal detector at
Wingham, Kent, England, November 2007.
The EMC record states: R. Naismith comments: This is the
third known example of Chick type 122, which corresponds with Blunt type
59, and was struck from the same obverse die as one of the other two coins
(BMC 51).
