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№ 226

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7 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£950

Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-86), Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Eoba, +o ff ar ex in angles of long cross, quatrefoil in centre, rev. e o b a in lobes of Celtic cross, small cross and pellets in centre, 1.10g/9h (Chick 117a, same obv. die, 117g, same rev. die (?); CEB 50; N 276; S 907). Edge a little ragged, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,200

Chick lists 8 examples of his type 117, only two of which have the same distinctive round-backed e in eoba found on this specimen