£4,000 - £5,000
Anglo-Saxon silver penny of Offa, King of Mercia 757-796 AD, Early Reformed, Light Coinage, London Mint, normal small flan, 1.22g. Obverse: OFFA REX in two lines divided by beaded bar with cross ends (as is the reverse). / Reverse: Moneyer Aethelweald. See 'The Coinage of Offa' by Derek Chick 2010 for a die duplicate pl. 2, 13h and 13f for same obverse (13g being incorrect). An unusually nice example, near EF, a tiny chip on edge.
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