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Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Tirwald, ornate cross, in angles, of fa re x in annulets, rev. ornate cross, t ir vv al d, in angles, 1.07g/6h (Chick 133b, this coin; CEB 79; N 271; S 907). Better than very fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Halbert Carmichael Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Bt G. Schinke 2000.

Chick lists only two other specimens of this type, one of which is in the British Museum