Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light coinage, Ethelweald, London, undraped, diademed bust right, rev. ed el va ld divided by four lobes, in centre, cross bottonnée with trefoils in angles, 1.15g/6h (Chick 10l, this coin; SCBI BM 45-7; N 310; S 905). Some surface porosity, otherwise very fine, dark patina £1,200-£1,500

Found near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, February 1993; SNC May 1993 (2571); Royal Berkshire Collection