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№ 106

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13 October 2022

Hammer Price:
£5,000

Kings of Mercia, Cynethryth (wife of Offa), Penny, Light coinage, c. 785, Canterbury, Eoba, draped bust of Offa right, eoba in field, pellets between letters, rev. cyneðryð regina, uncial M in centre, contraction bar above, pellets in field, 1.09g/12h (Chick 144d, this coin; Williams 22, same obv. die; SCBI BM –; N 339; S 909). Surface pitting, very fine, extremely rare £2,400-£3,000

Found near Duxford, Cambridgeshire, August 1992 (EMC 2001.0682); SNC February 1993 (120) [£5,500]