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Description
Kings of Mercia
Offa, 757-796. AR Penny, Light coinage (c.780-792), non portrait type, Canterbury, Ealred. +OFFΛ REX in angles of cross crosslet over cross crosslet, rev. EΛLRED in angles of cross crosslet with annulet centre, rosette within . 1.23 g. Chick 99a = SCBI Mack 549 - this coin; N.263; S.904. A few light scratches under deep old tone. Good VF. Rare.
Ex SNC, December 1985 (8639), Cmdr. R. P. Mack, R. C. Lockett (Pt. IV, ot 3570), B. Roth (Pt. II, lot 53), and J. G. Murdoch (Pt. I, lot 18).