GB Silver & Bronze
Lot 693 Session 3 (2.30pm Wednesday) GB Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,900
KINGS OF MERCIA, Offa, (757-796), light coinage (c780?-792) silver penny, obv. OFFA REX in the angles of a cross pommee with smaller cross in centre, rev. EOBA in the angles of a cross pommee with a pellet in each angle, (cf.S.904, BMC. obv,VII-14, rev. V-13, Br.-, Blunt 12, Mack 551, Lockett 3571, Duveen 18). Very fine and considered to be unique.
Ex. Mack (551), Lockett (3571) and Durden (18) Collections. With Spink & Son, London ticket.
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