Issuer | Kingdom of Mercia (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia) |
---|---|
King |
Offa (757-796)
|
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 780-792 |
Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
Currency | Pound |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 1.15 g |
Shape | Round (irregular) |
Technique | Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 56058 |
References |
Sp# 904,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom
Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
North# 261 And 2 more volumes.
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes. |
Cross formed of pellets with inner circle containing five pellets, Mercian letters in angles.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
E
O m
Rx
Translation: King Offa of Mercia.
Small cross pattée within inner circle, pellets in angles; outer cross formed of geometric shapes, Mercian letters in angles.
Lettering:
A
B P
O
Canterbury, England | |
London, United Kingdom (650-1279) |
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ND (780-792) |
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