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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.13 g, 5h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. O F ℞ m in angles of a beaded long cross with limbs terminating in As, saltire at center / Є Θ B A in angles of long cross with limbs terminating in triangles, saltire with pellets at center. Chick 103c = SCBI 20 (Mack), 550 (this coin); North 261; SCBC 904. Deeply toned, flan crack, slightly irregular flan. VF. Exceptionally good metal for an Offa penny. Extremely rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIV.1 (Fall/Winter 1999), no. 131; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 269; R.P. Mack Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3573; H.C. Miller (Thomas Elder, 26 May 1920), lot 22.
Offa, King of Mercia (757-796), one of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon Kings, made Mercia the leading power among the English kingdoms. He is remembered for the construction of Offa’s Dyke to mark the border with the Welsh. Offa’s pennies, among the most beautiful of the Anglo-Saxon coinage, promote the king as a veritable Roman emperor. Description
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIV.1 (Fall/Winter 1999), no. 131; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 269; R.P. Mack Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3573; H.C. Miller (Thomas Elder, 26 May 1920), lot 22.
Offa, King of Mercia (757-796), one of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon Kings, made Mercia the leading power among the English kingdoms. He is remembered for the construction of Offa’s Dyke to mark the border with the Welsh. Offa’s pennies, among the most beautiful of the Anglo-Saxon coinage, promote the king as a veritable Roman emperor. Description
good
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
EUR
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