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Lot # 991
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia. Offa (757-796). Penny, Canterbury mint; Eoba (?) moneyer. Struck c. 785-792/3. Cf. MEC 1, 1127. AR. 1.11 g. 17 mm. RRR. Extremely rare and fascinating coin. Slighty chipped edge. An apparently unpublished variant due to the decorations on the obverse and the arrangement of the letters of the monetary magistrate on the reverse. About EF.