Offa (757-96)

Silver Penny

Non-portrait type

OFFA between two beaded lines M above, REX below, rev. moneyer's name in two lines divided by a beaded line, no crosses at ends, moneyer Wulfhath, 0.95g, (S.907, N.325, Blunt 107). Minor edge chip and some porosity normally found for this type, otherwise nearly very fine.

Provenance:

Found near Wilmington Priory north of the Long Man of Wilmington, East Sussex, May 1990
Ex. Peter Savage collection
Registered with the EMC: number 1200.0550

Comes with 3 letters from Spink with photograph attached, Spink ticket and collectors ticket.

Note:
The letters state that the coin that British Museum took a cast of (Blunt 107) has been lost for over 100 years leaving this as the only known specimen.

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