Auction Catalogue

21 June 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 69

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21 June 2011

Estimate: £1,500–£1,800

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 a 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 £1,500-1,800

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