Auction Catalogue

16 March 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 151

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Offa (757-796), Penny, Gp II, Ahlmund, bust right, jewel below, rev. alhmund in three lines within serpent torque, jewel at 5 o’clock, 1.19g/12h (CEB 42; N 318; S 905). Surfaces slightly pitted, otherwise nearly extremely fine, very rare (£1,500-2,000)

Provenance:
Found at Abbots Bromley (Staffordshire), 1953